make art that sells – Page 6 – Gina Lento: Fine Art and Illustration

Postcards from the Edge

I decided to use the postcard as a spring board for a story. I am not sure where the story is going but there are some thoughts whirling about in my head about where I may take it.

Clue (less)

There were a few small objects on the items that could be used. I wanted to write a story about them but in the end I didn’t. I can still use them as fodder down the line.

Victorian Seaside Visit

I took two of the items and reminisced about Cape May.

Found Objects

I found that making up stories about objects is fun….Here is a close up of one page and the full spread.

Making up stories about the objects

I took the objects and made separate sketchbook pages with them. On some of the pages I made up stories about the objects….

Week 2 mini assignment – Objects

We were assigned to sketch these objects…this is round 1 of my object sketches, ink on paper.

Illustrations in color

Here are the versions with color added. These are just assignments for the Make Art That Sells class, these are not for sale more will they be sold:

Monochrome Sketches of People

Here are more sketches for the MATS class. These were done on the iPad with a Sepia color.

I have a daily practice of drawing people. If no one is handy, I use the SKTCHY app for reference. I do two types of sketches. A five minute timed sketch and a Cheater Blind Contour sketch. I use brush fountain pens for the the timed 5 minute sketch. This helps with my brush skills.Continue reading “Drawing people”

My West Side Story project

I signed up for a bundled group of workshops back in November, before John was laid off, that were running this year. They are for building my on line portfolio. April’s assignment was West Side Story. I actually found this assignment to be a lot of fun, however, a lot of work. It was doneContinue reading “My West Side Story project”