Plein air – Gina Lento: Fine Art and Illustration

The first time I ever saw a unicorn

The first time I saw a unicorn, I was on Chincoteague Island. I was painting plein air in the woods on Assateague… I was trying to capture the memory of when Paul Beebe saw Misty for the first time…I rubbed my eyes, (ended up with pastel all over my face), but yes, it was stillContinue reading “The first time I ever saw a unicorn”

Siamese Kitty

My mom used to have three bratty Siamese. When the last one passed away, my sisters and I figured we’d see more of her. Nope. She adopted two homeless cats soon after the last Siamese passed away. Here’s a Siamese kitty that I know my mom will love! Also, these paintings below will be inContinue reading “Siamese Kitty”

Roof top Round 2

Painting in progress….a rare video of me painting.

Last Alive After Five of the summer

Tonight brings the summer to a sad close….yes, we still have a little over a week to Labor Day, but tonight was the final AA5 of the summer☹️. This is also the week of Paint the Great South Bay. So far it has rained, I was swarmed by flies and bit by a yellow jacket.Continue reading “Last Alive After Five of the summer”

Kitty by the bay

One week 100 people Day 3

Here are today’s sketches

One week 100 People Day 2

Here are the sketches from Day 2 Plus, a critter sketch

One week 100 People 2018 Day 1

Good day to sketch people. Jupiter is having their plein air event so I “captured” an artist, too. Here are my sketches for Day 1. I managed to sketch 21 people today:

Sketching out

Yesterday was such a beautiful day that I had to go out to sketch. I took a ride up to the North Shore of LI to join a group that was painting there. I wanted to mount my little guerrilla box on the tripod but alas, it didn’t come with the tripod adapter mounting plateContinue reading “Sketching out”

Another painting started

This boat has been put out to pasture. It’s a shame because it looked like it used to be a nice boat. It’s pretty big. Word in the boatyard is that it is being stripped down and it will be burned in a boat burning next month in Sayville. I wanted to capture it’s lastContinue reading “Another painting started”