Hubby and I were out walking and came upon a tree that looked like it had washed out avocados hanging from it. Turns out, it was a mahogany tree. We were awed at the beauty of the tree and the rarity of its wood. An older woman gave us cuttings from the tree and toldContinue reading “Found”
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Sugar donut
Plain. Nothing fancy except a little sugar.
Tiramisu cake
Yummmmm
Cannoli Cake
Yes, there is such a thing as a cannoli cake.
Cupcake
My imaginary Cherry Chocolate cupcake….
Foxes in the studio
Playing with creatures in the studio….
Sleigh
What’s better than a sleigh with 8 reindeer? A sleigh with 8 cats! Santa’s annual run was over. He’s looking forward to a long rest. This year was stressful. The reindeer went AWOL so Santa had to use the barn cats. The elves all got sick. There was a blizzard over most of North America.Continue reading “Sleigh”
Piñata
The prompt for today is piñata. I chose to do this one in my sketchbook instead of the iPad. I winged this one with materials that I had on hand and used what I had in my sketch bag. Sometimes having your options limited is a good thing. Today’s stamp carving is also an exerciseContinue reading “Piñata”
Cookies
I didn’t bake butter cookies yet this year. I say yet because I still may bake them this week. We’ll see. In the meantime, enjoy my visual version. Also, I was at at loss of what to carve as a stamp today, so I flipped open Julie Balzer’s “Carve, Stamp, Play.” I can always useContinue reading “Cookies”
Mug
There is nothing like a nice hot mug of coffee, tea or cocoa or a cold winter evening. And today’s carved stamp….I am really excited about this stamp that I can use as a border!
Gina Lento: Fine Art and Illustration 