{"id":478,"date":"2018-07-23T07:32:52","date_gmt":"2018-07-23T07:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/?p=478"},"modified":"2018-07-23T07:32:52","modified_gmt":"2018-07-23T07:32:52","slug":"sketch-fest-100-ends-with-a-bang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/?p=478","title":{"rendered":"Sketch Fest 100 Ends with a Bang!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>#EMGSketchFest came to an explosive end earlier this evening with a flurry of creative activity, leaving us with over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/sketchfest\/sketchfestgallery.php?date=100\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">7 pages of art<\/a>! We&#8217;re delighted, excited, and can&#8217;t wait to share some final featured illustrations and the names of all our winners with you tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll announce the dates for #EMGSketchFest 101 in tomorrow&#8217;s post as well!<\/p>\n<p>For now, we&#8217;d like to close out the night with a shout-out to all our new Sketch Fest participants &#8211; you&#8217;ll each be receiving a small <strong>Sketch Fest Newbie<\/strong> prize from Ellen Million to commemorate your first round in our creative jam!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_479\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-479\" style=\"width: 389px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/sketchfest\/sketchfestart.php?id=22315\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-479\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ReginaMailloux-TheEndofMourning.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"389\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ReginaMailloux-TheEndofMourning.jpg 544w, https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ReginaMailloux-TheEndofMourning-233x300.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 389px) 85vw, 389px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-479\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;The End of Mourning&#8221; by Regina Mailloux<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Regina Mailloux gave us this captivating sketch inspired by Katerina Koukiotis&#8217; prompt &#8220;The Yellow Dress.&#8221; This illustration, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/sketchfest\/sketchfestart.php?id=22315\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The End of Mourning<\/a>&#8221; is a graphite sketch with gouache washes on 9&#215;12 Canson watercolor paper. Regina&#8217;s made the original available for only $40!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_480\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-480\" style=\"width: 323px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/sketchfest\/sketchfestart.php?id=22315\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/EllenWilberg-HerBlackSunflower.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"323\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/EllenWilberg-HerBlackSunflower.jpg 452w, https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/EllenWilberg-HerBlackSunflower-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 323px) 85vw, 323px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-480\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Her Black Sunflower&#8221; by Ellen Wilberg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ellen Wilberg drew this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/sketchfest\/sketchfestart.php?id=22341\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lovely freckled woman<\/a> with her black sunflower and attendant butterfly &#8211; all inspired by Cindy Hill&#8217;s prompt &#8211; in ink on 4&#215;6 watercolor paper.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_481\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-481\" style=\"width: 648px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/sketchfest\/sketchfestart.php?id=22347\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-481\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Xechon-TheLostFox.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"648\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Xechon-TheLostFox.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Xechon-TheLostFox-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-481\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;The Lost Fox&#8221; by J. Ryan Decker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/sketchfest\/sketchfestart.php?id=22347\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">whimsical sketch<\/a> from J. Ryan Decker drew a chuckle &#8211; we love the homage to\u00a0Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry&#8217;s\u00a0<em>The Little Prince\u00a0<\/em>and we do appreciate the humor in it!<\/p>\n<p>And we&#8217;ve already featured a piece by our fourth newcomer &#8211; Ellen Moore&#8217;s\u00a0 sculpted &#8220;The Green Man&#8221; was featured in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/?p=468\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">our last post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Come back tomorrow for our full After Action Report, to find out who&#8217;s taking home prizes, and to put the dates of our next Sketch Fest on your calendars!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#EMGSketchFest came to an explosive end earlier this evening with a flurry of creative activity, leaving us with over 7 pages of art! We&#8217;re delighted, excited, and can&#8217;t wait to share some final featured illustrations and the names of all our winners with you tomorrow. We&#8217;ll announce the dates for #EMGSketchFest 101 in tomorrow&#8217;s post &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/?p=478\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sketch Fest 100 Ends with a Bang!&#8221;<\/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":[87,89,3,90,88,25],"class_list":["post-478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emgsketchfest","tag-ellen-moore","tag-ellen-wilberg","tag-emgsketchfest","tag-j-ryan-decker","tag-regina-mailloux","tag-sketch-fest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478","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=478"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":482,"href":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478\/revisions\/482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}