{"id":510,"date":"2018-08-29T06:39:24","date_gmt":"2018-08-29T06:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/?p=510"},"modified":"2018-08-29T06:39:24","modified_gmt":"2018-08-29T06:39:24","slug":"we-came-we-saw-we-sketched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/?p=510","title":{"rendered":"We came, we saw, we sketched!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thanks to everyone who turned out for our 101st Sketch Fest! We had 26 participating artists who collectively created 62 things over our 48-hour creative jam. If you’re just joining us and haven’t seen anything yet – you’re in for a treat!<\/p>\n

Check out some final featured illustrations from #EMGSketchFest 101, then get over to the full gallery<\/a> to enjoy some more and even do a little shopping.<\/p>\n

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“Golden Leaf Dragon” by Kathy Nutt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“Golden Leaf Dragon<\/a>” gives us an inscrutable gaze from a haze of golden light – this sketch by Kathy Nutt is done in sepia micron pen and metallic ink wash.<\/p>\n

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“Toadstool Faerie” by Rosie Wells<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This adorable “Toadstool Faerie<\/a>” by Rosie Wells – inspired by Sarah Alden’s prompt – is ready to be your friend.<\/p>\n

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“Fire fairy” by Amy Sue Stirland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Amy Sue Stirland’s “Fire fairy<\/a>” evokes that feeling of August breezes… this piece is 4″ x 6″, soluble crayon on toned tan art paper. You can snag the original for only $15!<\/p>\n

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“Candy Corn” by Jill Britt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Anyone else longing for Halloween? This irrepressible unicorn by Jill Britt makes it harder to wait! “Candy Corn<\/a>” is her version of a candy corn unicorn, as prompted by Rosie Wells.<\/p>\n

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“Meditating” by Nathalie Reinholz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When you’re ready to find a little serenity, Nathalie Reinholz’s “Meditating<\/a>” makes a great visual companion! Prompted by Katta with “rainbow gnome,” this piece is the orange gnome of Natta’s series. This is watercolor on ARCHES hot pressed 300g. She says, “I am much into mindfulness and painting as practice counts.” We agree!<\/p>\n

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“The Last Summer Light” by Regina Mailloux<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Regina Mailloux’s “The Last Summer Light<\/a>” evocatively captures the feeling of a hot afternoon and floral-gazing pensiveness. This is a grahite and pastel sketch on 5″ x 8″ Strathmore toned paper – you can purchase the original sketch for $25!<\/p>\n

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“Totoro” by Paola Zunico<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Our last feature is from Paola Zunico, who drew this majestic and whimsical Totoro<\/a>! Paola says, “I always loved the movies from studio Ghibli. Makes me feel so much love and peace. I did this Totoro like a tribute to this movies.” This sketch on Canson paper can be purchased for just $30, and measures 5.5″ x 8.5″.<\/p>\n

That’s it for our features from #EMGSketchFest 101 – head to the gallery<\/a> now for the rest! And don’t forget to mark your calendars for Sketch Fest #102<\/a>, which will be held the weekend of September 7-9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thanks to everyone who turned out for our 101st Sketch Fest! We had 26 participating artists who collectively created 62 things over our 48-hour creative jam. If you’re just joining us and haven’t seen anything yet – you’re in for a treat! Check out some final featured illustrations from #EMGSketchFest 101, then get over to … Continue reading “We came, we saw, we sketched!”<\/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":[26,3,98,6,47,99,88,94,25],"class_list":["post-510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emgsketchfest","tag-amy-sue-stirland","tag-emgsketchfest","tag-jill-britt","tag-kathy-nutt","tag-nathalie-reinholz","tag-paola-zunico","tag-regina-mailloux","tag-rosie-wells","tag-sketch-fest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510","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=510"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":518,"href":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510\/revisions\/518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}