{"id":723,"date":"2019-03-10T20:17:22","date_gmt":"2019-03-10T20:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/?p=723"},"modified":"2019-03-10T20:20:34","modified_gmt":"2019-03-10T20:20:34","slug":"sketch-fest-107-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/?p=723","title":{"rendered":"Sketch Fest 107 Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We’ve been sketch festin’ all weekend, and have nearly 100 sketches in the gallery<\/a> to show for it! You should definitely pop over and explore – there’s even art for sale, so you might find something wonderful for your walls. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s check out some featured pieces to whet your appetite: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“First Glance” by Tammi Sponseller<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This piece of a “lovely lady with blue eyes and a diadem in her hair” kicked off Sketch Fest #107. As the first sketch, it’s appropriately named “First Glance<\/a>” by artist Tammi Sponseller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Mermaid’s Narwhal Friend” by Julie Rabischung
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Julie Rabischung was inspired by Sarah Alden to create this playful piece<\/a>: “A little mermaid swimming with her narwhal friend. Thank you Sarah for the lovely prompt!” This 4×6 illustration was drawn with ink, colored pencils, and markers on toned paper. You can grab the original sketch for just $15!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Narwhal” by Juliana Velasco<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Narwhals were a popular subject this Sketch Fest, as you can see in this adorable narwhal watercolor<\/a> from first time Sketch Fester Juliana Velasco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Harajuku Girl” by Corgi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This was Corgi’s first Sketch Fest, and she slayed it! This cute and striking illustration of a “Harajuku Girl<\/a>,” those iconic Tokyo fashionistas, is a fine example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Art Nouveau Mermaid” by Amy Sue Stirland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Inspired by Mayumi Ogihara’s prompt and an Alphonse Mucha piece that she really likes, Amy Sue Stirland drew an “Art Nouveau Mermaid.” This sketch measures 5.5×8.5 and is ink and colerase on mixed media paper. She’s planning to add watercolors. Check back later to see if the original’s available!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Otters and Orange” by Jill Britt
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Jill Britt, inspired by a prompt from Afke van Herpt, drew this wonderful slice-of-life illustration of a mermaid and otter friend titled “Otters and Orange<\/a>.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Hummingbird” by Kelly Johnston
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Our last featured illustration<\/a> for today is this colorful piece from Kelly Johnston – she created a “plum fairy hummingbird pattern sketch” in the one-hour limit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now that you’ve enjoyed these highlights, go and explore the full gallery<\/a>! Meet us back here tomorrow for one more featured post – and be sure to join us for next Sketch Fest, which will take place April 5-7. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We’ve been sketch festin’ all weekend, and have nearly 100 sketches in the gallery to show for it! You should definitely pop over and explore – there’s even art for sale, so you might find something wonderful for your walls. Let’s check out some featured pieces to whet your appetite: This piece of a “lovely … Continue reading “Sketch Fest 107 Sunday”<\/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":[26,115,3,98,114,5,116,25,113],"class_list":["post-723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emgsketchfest","tag-amy-sue-stirland","tag-corgi","tag-emgsketchfest","tag-jill-britt","tag-juliana-velasco","tag-julie-rabischung","tag-kelly-johnston","tag-sketch-fest","tag-tammi-sponseller"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723","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=723"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":733,"href":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723\/revisions\/733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}