{"id":764,"date":"2019-04-07T08:33:30","date_gmt":"2019-04-07T08:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/?p=764"},"modified":"2019-04-07T08:33:30","modified_gmt":"2019-04-07T08:33:30","slug":"sketchin-late-saturday-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/?p=764","title":{"rendered":"Sketchin&#8217; Late Saturday Night"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s super-late, but we couldn&#8217;t resist a nightcap tease of all the amazing creativity percolating over in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/sketchfest\/sketchfestart.php?id=23173\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"the Sketch Fest #108 gallery (opens in a new tab)\">the Sketch Fest #108 gallery<\/a>! Check out these five featured illustrations and then dive into the over 60 drawings uploaded so far&#8230; mermaids, a steampunk hummingbirds and meerkats await!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/sketchfest\/sketchfestart.php?id=23178\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/KathyNutt-NatureAngelPrincess.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-765\" width=\"323\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/KathyNutt-NatureAngelPrincess.jpg 431w, https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/KathyNutt-NatureAngelPrincess-185x300.jpg 185w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 323px) 85vw, 323px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Nature Angel Princess by Jill Britt<br><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Inspired by Tricia Danby&#8217;s prompt of &#8220;Emerald prince \/ princess \/ angel,&#8221; Kathy Nutt sketched <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/sketchfest\/sketchfestart.php?id=23178\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">this feather-winged beauty<\/a> in micron and colored pencils.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/sketchfest\/sketchfestart.php?id=23124\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/JillBritt-CelestialMilkshake.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-766\" width=\"394\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/JillBritt-CelestialMilkshake.jpeg 525w, https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/JillBritt-CelestialMilkshake-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 394px) 85vw, 394px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Celestial Milkshake by Jill Britt<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This scrumptious &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/sketchfest\/sketchfestart.php?id=23124\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Celestial Milkshake<\/a>&#8221; was illustrated by Jill Britt &#8211; and I think we could all go for one of these at the Galaxy Gas &#8216;n&#8217; Go local to the Milky Way right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/sketchfest\/sketchfestart.php?id=23148\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Corgi-Space-Age-Milkshake.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-767\" width=\"394\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Corgi-Space-Age-Milkshake.jpg 525w, https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Corgi-Space-Age-Milkshake-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 394px) 85vw, 394px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>!Space Age Milkshake! by Corgi<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/sketchfest\/sketchfestart.php?id=23148\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">!Space Age Milkshake!<\/a>&#8221; by Corgi is clearly sold by the Spiral Arm Diner across from the Galaxy Gas &#8216;n&#8217; Go &#8211; and it looks just as scrumptious! So we&#8217;re definitely stopping for both if y&#8217;all will just hop in my space-car. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/sketchfest\/sketchfestart.php?id=23129\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/SallyGilroy-CherryBlossoms.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-768\" width=\"525\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/SallyGilroy-CherryBlossoms.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/SallyGilroy-CherryBlossoms-300x241.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 85vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Cherry Blossoms by Sally Gilroy<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let&#8217;s come back down to Earth and enjoy a bit of the <em>hanami<\/em> season vicariously through Sally Gilroy&#8217;s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"lovely sketch of cherry blossoms (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/sketchfest\/sketchfestart.php?id=23129\" target=\"_blank\">lovely sketch of cherry blossoms<\/a> in bloom. This is a graphite sketch that Sally is thinking of doing in watercolors as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/sketchfest\/sketchfestart.php?id=23173\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"574\" height=\"408\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/EllenMillion-OcTEApus.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-769\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/EllenMillion-OcTEApus.jpg 574w, https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/EllenMillion-OcTEApus-300x213.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 574px) 85vw, 574px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>OcTEApus by Ellen Million<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our last featured illustration of the night comes to us from deep beneath the sea and also the pen of the founder of our Sketch Fest feast &#8211; Ellen Million! <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/sketchfest\/sketchfestart.php?id=23173\" target=\"_blank\">An octopus having tea<\/a> and making up part of a pun is just the perfect endcap  to April&#8217;s Sketch Fest Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">#EMGSketchFest continues through Sunday afternoon! It&#8217;s not too late to join in, and remember: stop by tomorrow for more featured art. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s super-late, but we couldn&#8217;t resist a nightcap tease of all the amazing creativity percolating over in the Sketch Fest #108 gallery! Check out these five featured illustrations and then dive into the over 60 drawings uploaded so far&#8230; mermaids, a steampunk hummingbirds and meerkats await! Inspired by Tricia Danby&#8217;s prompt of &#8220;Emerald prince \/ &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/?p=764\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sketchin&#8217; Late Saturday Night&#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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764","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=764"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":770,"href":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764\/revisions\/770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}