My grandmother had a recipe where she made baked beans out of white lima beans. She used to make then when she was roasting pork. When I don’t have the time to soak dry beans, I use Hanover or Goya Butter Beans. There’s no butter in them, I guess they get their name from theContinue reading “Butter Beans”
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5 minute sketch using my left hand
This gentleman, Rick N, is a very prolific contributor to Sktchy, the app I use for reference photos. I have sketched him a few times. The object of this sketch was to use my non-dominant hand and sketch a person in 5 minutes. I prefer to use live people when I can but when thatContinue reading “5 minute sketch using my left hand”
Getting out to sketch….
Today, I went out with some friends to sketch at a local wildlife refuge. The refuge has many live and stuffed subjects to sketch. It is wayyy to cold to sketch outside so I went into the Nature Center to sketch the taxidermy animals. I sketched this possum and found out that possums can eatContinue reading “Getting out to sketch….”
The 12th day of Christmas
Here is the 12th day of Christmas. I hope you enjoyed this little series. And Cleo the cat.
11 day of Christmas
Ok. I was raised a Catholic. For us, the 12th day of Christmas is the Feast of the Epiphany, January 6th, aka Little Christmas. (For you folks in the UK, Happy 12th Night! ) Our tree stays up until the 6th. When I was a kid, the tree didn’t go up until Christmas Eve andContinue reading “11 day of Christmas”
10th Day of Christmas
Definitely takes more planning when adding more days to the 12 days of Christmas! Also, the two following sketches are from last night’s sketch night. The doll, Brittany, was sketched as one of the Zombie dolls back in November.
Ninth day of Christmas
Eighth day of Christmas
Getting a little tough fitting it all in…..
On the seventh day of Christmas…..
On the 6th day of Christmas
Almost forgot to post this!
Gina Lento: Fine Art and Illustration 
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