I am taking an illustration course over the next few weeks and we are given daily prompts that we are encouraged to sketch. I pulled out my sketchbooks and found the various eyeglasses that I have sketched and combined them all here. I have been going to my sketchbooks first because I have so muchContinue reading “Sketch – Eyeglasses”
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Chopin
Chopin loves poetry and music. He loves to sing his poetry and will often go outside to sing his poetry to the world.
Joey
Joey loves carrots. He is a Carrot Connoisseur. He has been “relocating” carrots that he “finds” in gardens and plants them in his secret garden.
Darcy the Giraffe
Darcy loves sweets. Standby for more about Darcy….. This is the whole sketchbook spread. I don’t use the opposing page to keep each sketch clean and undamaged. This is a a sketchbook/journal that I bound from a kit from Innovative Journaling. The paper is Arches Text wove and it is very soft and has aContinue reading “Darcy the Giraffe”
Happy Easter
Happy Easter to everyone! Higgins loves challenges, puzzles and reading Agatha Christie books. He’s very good at helping his friends with solving mysteries.
Nigel
Nigel is a dreamer. He loves to spend time walking in the sun, smelling the flowers and thinking.
People in the neighborhood #4
Lizzy wants to be a princess, loves to dress up in her grandmothers tiara and jewelry. Lizzy thinks she’s a long lost Royal. This series of postcards were inspired by a Lesson in Carla Sonheim’s 2021 Year Long Class.
Wild Calico
Oh HEY! Where did this guy come from? The idea for this guy came from Carla Sonheim’s 2021 Sketchbook Revival lesson. The first part of the lesson is to draw a bunch of one liner subjects…cat, elephant, vase of flowers, toilets…..then we each picked one of our own to turn into a more finished piece….Continue reading “Wild Calico”
Cloudwalker
Cloudwalker loves playing with the Snow and Frost Faeries. He loves to use his wings to make strong blizzards. He’s sad because winter is over. This is the last page in my St Patrick’s Day sketchbook. I hope you enjoyed these pages. All of the sketches were very involved and had a lot of layersContinue reading “Cloudwalker”
Ziggy
Ziggy worried about everything. He practically wrote the book on worrying. He worried so much that his hairs on his back stood up permanently.
Gina Lento: Fine Art and Illustration 