palm trees – Gina Lento: Fine Art and Illustration

Summer Painting #9

Short and sweet for this post… Here is my next summer painting…a palm tree island with an egret. Enjoy!

Today, John and I decided to get out of the house. I have been working on some ornaments over the past couple of days and John installed some sun shades yesterday for our patio. We really didn’t veg out too much yesterday so this morning we just sat outside and enjoyed our morning coffee. WeContinue reading “A Sunday Morning in November”

Irma

Well Paint the Great South Bay is a wrap. It went very well and I even made it on the cover of our local newspaper. We sold paintings, we got tacos and ice cream for sketches, whose better than us? Now I am on my way to Chincoteague to participate in their plein airContinue reading “Irma”

Another sketch from Stuart, FL

Here is another sketch that I did from the waterfront park in Downtown Stuart. It’s blissfully quiet this time of year. I like that there are lots of different types of tropical palms and plants, there were lizards running around, and the ibis who was a little “put out” that we took over the picnicContinue reading “Another sketch from Stuart, FL”

After the rain

This sketch was done after a storm was clearing out. The sun was setting and color was just starting to pop before the sun set. I was lucky with the timing of the evening color happening just as I was adding the watercolor. These are the same sail boats that I have been sketching, fromContinue reading “After the rain”

Palm trees waiting for the storm

I finished a sketchbook while I was down here in Florida so I will be posting sketches from that sketchbook over the next few days…. This sketch was done at the river front park in Downtown Stuart….I was facing the US 1 bridge that goes over the St Lucie river… It was stormy when weContinue reading “Palm trees waiting for the storm”