These are some drawings I did recently. Not sure what to do with them yet. They were drawn with ZIG pens onto old blank book pages and then colored with pencils. I flipped through some books and found some cute phrases that went along with the drawings. Maybe I could […]
Author: Scarlett
Designs for the Children’s Hospital
I think I’ve finally decided on a design for the children’s hospital. My goal is to finish it up before Knox’s birthday (July 14th) and submit it to the hospital’s art board for consideration. I’ve drawn a lot of turtles lately… Here’s some really rough sketches that I keep coming […]
Turtle Mini Canvas
This little drawing in my sketch book was perfect for a mini canvas. I drew on the design in pen first… Started adding some color on with my Inktense pencils… Let the fun begin with the water-pen… Added in detail and outline with pen… Added a bit more green to […]
Turtle Girl II
Each time I draw a girl finding a turtle it turns out a little bit different from the time before. I’m having *fun* so I’m just going to keep going with these turtle girls. Just like my first Turtle Girl from last week, I transferred my design from the sketchbook […]
Holiday Clothespins
I know, I know. It’s too early for Christmas, but you know how these art magazine challenges go. The holiday stuff needs to be sent in now! I’m submitting these for the ‘Homemade Holiday” challenge for Somerset Life, so think *holidays* for just a few minutes. I took plain wooden […]
Watch Out, Thumbelina!
Not much time for art this weekend, but I did manage to play on Polyvore for a few minutes. My neighbor recently gave me some walnut shells which are perfectly cracked in half, thanks to her pet scarlet macaw. I’ve been having fun trying to come up with projects using […]
Turtle Girl 5″ x 7″ Painting
I transferred this quick little sketch onto a “5 x 7” canvas. I blocked in the design with some light acrylic colors and found some text I liked. I left out the big moon in the background because I thought it would be too much yellow. Added in some details […]
More Collage on Polyvore
[ Happy 10th Birthday to my sweet S. today!! I can’t believe you’re in the double digits already pretty girl! I LOVE YOU!
Lost Photos from Picnik
When you scan through hundreds of photos they all start to look pretty unremarkable, don’t they? I thought I had so many great shots to save from my Picnik folder, but when I started going through them, I only had a few that seemed worth saving.. My son painting […]