After looking at some pictures of butterflies and different vein patterns, my young artists created their own beautiful butterflies. This is a great project for elementary children. For reluctant drawers, I cut out a few stencils to use as a pattern. (FREE pattern below) Be sure and like my FB […]
Author: Scarlett
Zombies at the Museum
Last Friday, the Blanton Museum had a party with some unusual visitors…. Everywhere you looked, there was something unexpected… The Dead Music Capital Band showed up with jazzy sounds that echoed through the galleries… Very lively music for a band of dead folks! And I couldn’t resist capturing this bloody […]
Linoleum Block Icon Print
There’s an Icon exhibit coming up at a nearby church I’ve been visiting. I decided to turn this drawing into a stamp. And then, just as I was about to start, I remembered how easily the last stamp split and cracked after a few uses. So I decided to carve […]
Candy Corn Queen 2014
This year’s Candy Corn Queen is Celtic~ As always, I started with some sketching to work out the composition. I decided to stylize the drawing (see below). I used ZIG pens and Copic markers to color the copy I made onto aged parchment. This year’s Queen, while a warrior, also […]
Street Drummers in Liverpool
Little Turtle By the Sea
Another baby turtle for a special little girl in Germany. Her mother gave me some of her favorites to work from: the colors pink and purple, and the sea-side with sunshine and seashells. Just like the baby turtle with cheetah print that I painted for Miss B in California, this […]
“Ladybug Plus One” ATCs
Just a quick 3 for 3 ATC (artist trading card) swap over at ATCs for All. I haven’t done one of these in a while and forgot how much fun they are. This swap’s theme was hand drawn ladybugs and we were to add in at least one additional object […]
Rest for the Weary
Paint mixed with Liquitex “Blended Fibers” medium and combed through with a toothpick….
Sea of Memory
A scene from the American West left unfinished and found in a dumpster. For this one I decided to try something new. No sketch. No plan. I turned it vertically and started painting… I cut a custom stencil using my x-acto knife. I wanted to create a large teardrop […]