Christmasartcountdown2021 – Page 3 – Gina Lento: Fine Art and Illustration

Carpenter

Today’s prompt is carpenter. There was a carpenter, a long time ago, who had a big impact on the world. He preached love and forgiveness. Those were simpler times. Today’s stamp carving is also included below. Such fun!

confetti

What can I say about confetti? I had several ways to approach this prompt and I felt like playing with patterns, so I went a little bonkers on the iPad. I find myself playing on the iPad the same way I play on paper. My whole life was in sketchbooks until I installed Procreate onContinue reading “confetti”

Polar bears

Giants of the ice Almost as white as the snow Roaming wild and free I hope we have polar bears for a long long time. Today’s stamp is a Christmas tree…

Menorah and reindeer

Day 6 – Menorah, in the books. Carve December – I somehow did the wrong prompt for yesterday so here’s ‘moon.’

Ski Lift

I almost didn’t do this prompt but I am not one to avoid a challenge, especially when I really got into doing the background. I pulled up a few of my photos from a Colorado trip as a reference and I found that the Apple pencil was well suited for doing the trees. I hadContinue reading “Ski Lift”

Puffin

This prompt was easy because I made a pamphlet book for my grandkids a few years ago that was about Arctic animals, puffins being one of them. I have not shown this book outside the family so this is the first time that I can remember actually posting one of the illustrations on my blogContinue reading “Puffin”

Icicles

The toughest part about being an artist and promoting your work is the marketing part. I try to schedule my posts but sometimes I get behind and this is one of those times. The holidays add another list of chores to an already busy day. Taking 5 minutes to take a photo can be aContinue reading “Icicles”

It’s December….Again

December is such a busy month and I scratch my head when art challenges pop up for December. Especially when the list hits right before the start date so that you can’t prepare ahead of time. It almost seems sadistic. Getting off my soapbox….Shannon McNab’s “Daily Sketch Challenge” prompts for December are very helpful andContinue reading “It’s December….Again”