{"id":339,"date":"2018-03-20T03:39:30","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T03:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/?p=339"},"modified":"2018-03-20T03:39:30","modified_gmt":"2018-03-20T03:39:30","slug":"thanks-for-a-successful-emgsketchfest-96","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/?p=339","title":{"rendered":"Thanks for a Successful #EMGSketchFest 96!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Did you attend #EMGSketchFest 96? Our 96th Sketch Fest took place over this past weekend, starting at noon AKT on Friday and concluding at noon on Sunday – and it was an exciting, vital weekend of creativity! 27 participating artists contributed\u00a0nearly 100 sketches<\/a> of swamp mermaids, hairy unicorns, dragons with flowers and riders, and so much more!<\/p>\n

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“The Witch of Rose Quartz” by Sachiko Mili<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We also had several new members join us for the first time – including Sachiko Mili, the artist of this elegant, esoteric witch. “The Witch of Rose Quartz<\/a>” creates love potions and is famous for helping lovers – she always uses rose quartz since its energy is pure. Her loyal crow Edward is always at her side. Sachiko used ink, watercolors, and colored pencils.<\/p>\n

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“Hairy Unicorn” by Mary Rose Magpily<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This handsomely ridiculous and ridiculously handsome “Hairy Unicorn<\/a>” is one of our favorite illustrated responses to Becca “Boo” Moore’s prompt, “very hairy unicorn.”<\/p>\n

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“My Favourite Highlander” by Francis Bax<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Anyone recognize this hunk of Highlander?\u00a0 I’m sure a few of you do! Francis Bax drew this breathtaking graphite sketch<\/a> (2B and 4B) over the course of a Sketch Fest hour.<\/p>\n

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“Spring Has Sprung” by Katerina Koukiotis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

About “Spring Has Sprung<\/a>,” artist Katerina Koukiotis said “we can only hope because in NY [it] still feels like winter but crossing fingers soon enough. This illustration is colored pencils and pastels on\u00a05 x 7 toned paper. (Model reference from FantasyStock<\/a>.)\u00a0You can grab an LE ACEO print for only $6!<\/p>\n

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“Swamp Flower” by Maria J. William<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Maria J. William created this beautifully atmospheric illustration of a swamp mermaid from Edward Cammarota’s popular and provocative “the swamp mermaid” prompt. “Swamp Flower<\/a>” is colored pencils and white charcoal on 6 x 8 toned paper. You can purchase prints at $7 or $10.<\/p>\n

#EMGSketchFest looks like fun, right? It is! If you missed participating in Sketch Fest 96, we hope you’ll join us for next month’s Sketch Fest – #EMGSketchFest 97<\/strong> will take place from April 13 through April 15<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

To participate, you need to register at the Sketch Fest site<\/a>. You can just leave prompts to inspire others, or you can also participate by creating art yourself – and remember! We welcome artists of all skills levels and all sorts – you can create jewelry, knit or crochet, or even write something inspired by the prompts. The only rule is that you work for only 1 hour!<\/p>\n

Thanks to everyone who joined us for Sketch Fest 96! We look forward to seeing you next month as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Did you attend #EMGSketchFest 96? Our 96th Sketch Fest took place over this past weekend, starting at noon AKT on Friday and concluding at noon on Sunday – and it was an exciting, vital weekend of creativity! 27 participating artists contributed\u00a0nearly 100 sketches of swamp mermaids, hairy unicorns, dragons with flowers and riders, and so … Continue reading “Thanks for a Successful #EMGSketchFest 96!”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[3,52,12,9,31,70],"class_list":["post-339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emgsketchfest","tag-emgsketchfest","tag-francis-bax","tag-katerina-koukiotis","tag-maria-j-william","tag-mary-rose-magpily","tag-sachiko-mili"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=339"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":345,"href":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339\/revisions\/345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}