visual journal – Page 16 – Gina Lento: Fine Art and Illustration

Sketches from this evening’s anatomy sketch night

We had a bunch of real and faux bones and skeletons this evening for sketch night. I sketched the Chihuahua skeleton I found in Target. They look almost like dinosaurs, lol.

Inktober Days 24 through 31

Here is the final week of Inktober 2017 For me, Inktober 2017 was not about being “popular” or creating works of art. I believe that creating art, even in sketchbooks, is about finding myself, my voice, my style, and not following the herd. I didn’t care if I got a lot of “likes” when IContinue reading “Inktober Days 24 through 31”

Recent sketches out and about

This past Wednesday I went out with my sketch club to sketch at the local bowling alley. Yesterday, I went into the city to sketch with the NYC Urban Sketchers. We were sketching several alleged haunted houses. The first one is a Colonial style home that was once a speakeasy. It is the home ofContinue reading “Recent sketches out and about”

Inktober Days 13 to 23

I have been busy working on a few things so I haven’t been posting much. However, I have been doing my daily Inktober sketches and posted them on Sktchy….most of them are 5 minute timed sketches done first thing in the morning. Enjoy! This pie is actually day 20.

Inktober sketches Days 6 – 12

I haven’t been posting these daily because I’d rather post them as a group. Most of these Inktober sketches are 5 minute sketches except for the Breakfast Crawl sketch that I snapped a photo of before I added watercolor to it. I start my sketches by checking the Inktober prompt for the day thatContinue reading “Inktober sketches Days 6 – 12”

Sketch Night Sketches

These sketches were done Wednesday evening at Swell Taco with my sketch group.

Inktober sketches Days 2-5

I really didn’t want to do Inktober again because I already have a daily sketching habit. I had to come up with something new to make it fun for me. So, my personal Inktober challenge is to add a 5 minute timed sketch to my morning routine. This way, no matter HOW the day went,Continue reading “Inktober sketches Days 2-5”

Art with coffee

I have a morning ritual where I get my day started with a few habits like exercise, morning pages and I have added a 5 minute timed sketch to the routine. I did this sketch in 5 minutes, all while enjoying my morning cup of java. I look for something on Sktchy that IContinue reading “Art with coffee”

Some recent sketches

I have been working on a project that I don’t wish to post just yet. In the meantime, here are some sketches I did recently. This one was an experiment that didn’t come out as intended, but I am content with the result. This next sketch is a haiku sketch where you only have 7Continue reading “Some recent sketches”

Eclipse day sketch

Sketched this in Princeton today. I didn’t expect a crowd today but people seemed to be congregating from all over to watch the eclipse. I thought the kids were back to school until I found out that Princeton doesn’t start until September. Some very nice people let me view the eclipse through their glasses. ItContinue reading “Eclipse day sketch”