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We celebrated the last EMG Sketch Fest of the year this past weekend, with plenty of lovely holiday-inspired illustrations – along with some fiber and light art! Check out these featured illustrations, then take a turn through the full gallery.

The first illustration submitted to our 116th Sketch Fest is from Ellen Million, founder of our feast: a “Christmas Unicorn” in colored pencils on colored paper. ACEO.

We have another seasonally-appropriate creature with Julie Rabischung’s “Yule Wolf,” drawn in colored pencils and white gouache on toned 5″ x 7″ paper. You can snag the original for only $18!

Rosie Wells’ “Wee Man” was quite popular! This sketch of a tomte with a “Happy New Year” sign drew quite a few admiring glances.

We have another gorgeous unicorn by Linda Sayegh – her “Christmas Unicorn” is all decked out for Christmas and drawn in colored pencils, Sharpie paint pens, and panpastels on Toned Canson Mi-Tientes 6″ x 8″ paper. The original illustration can be purchased for $50.

Becca Moore gave us “The Cartographer,” writing “She may map the destination, but in her heart, it’s the journey that keeps her going.” The original drawing in ink and marker on 8.5″ x 11″ cardstock can be picked up for just $35.

That’s it for tonight – head on over to the #EMGSketchFest gallery to leave some comments for our artists and do some shopping. Then come back to the blog tomorrow for additional highlights!

This autumn day brought a breath of fresh air and fallen leaves, foxy tea and decorated pumpkins to EMG Sketch Fest #114. I hope you’ve joined us and have been leaving prompts and comments for the artists – if not, there’s still time! Sketch Fest runs through 12 PM AKT tomorrow and it’s free to register on the site.

In the meantime, enjoy these featured illustrations:

Miss FionaB took pride of place with the first illustration in our gallery! This is her second submitted piece – the sketch “There’s Magic in Her Eyes” was inspired by Julie Rabischung’s prompt.

Remember that breath of fresh air I mentioned? You can feel it emanating from Jill Britt’s sketch of these playful foxes, full of movement and enjoyment of the autumnal weather.

This proud and pensive noblewoman is in her element – “Noble Curcubits” by Tallulah Cunningham was inspired by Deborah J. Brannon’s prompt of “The Pumpkin Duchess.” Tallulah wrote, “I do like me some pumpkin based costumery.” As do we! (For those wondering about the title, cucurbits is a name for the gourd family of plants which includes the pumpkin.

Sheryl Abid sketched this gorgeous and intricate stack of tea cups with autumnal motifs against a backdrop of pumpkins and fallen leaves. Who’s ready for an autumn tea party?

Our last featured illustration comes to us from Katerina Koukiotis and is full of palpable disappointment – inspired by the prompt, “Sabrina’s First Spell,” Katerina wrote, “This is something I’m working on and it fit this prompt very much, when spells don’t always work .”

Those are our featured illustrations for now – head over to the full gallery to explore more and leave our artists some much-deserved comments! Come back to the blog on Monday for more featured illustrations and the announcement of November’s Sketch Fest dates.

Remember, if you share sketches from Sketch Fest on social media, use our official hashtag: #EMGSketchFest.

Our August Sketch Fest has ended, but that doesn’t mean the gallery’s complete! Participants may still upload works to prompts they claimed, so be sure to take some time exploring the full gallery.

To rev up your interest, enjoy these featured illustrations before you head over there.

Rosie Wells created “Mask,” a digital sketch worthy of the “Summer Masquerade” of Mayumi Ogihara’s prompt.

“Summer Meets Autumn” is Rowan Lewgalon’s finished sketch of an earlier artwork she uploaded, depicting the summer boughs tangling with autumn foliage in a glowing and sun-pierced forest.

Using Scratch Magic note paper, Afke van Herpt drew the elegant curiosity of a maned wolf in colorful strokes.

This pencil and watercolor sketch by Kir Talmage is untitled, giving us the mysterious profile of a “wolf princess” (as divined from Julie Rabischung’s prompt). Kir says, “I need to do more warm-up pieces like this. Get past the easy ideas and practice practice practice.”

Drawing on the prompt of the same name left by Rosie Wells, Tricia sketched out and began filling in this “Autumn Druid” beneath a blue sky and standing stones.

Milkycat sketched and inked this summery and mischievous “Dark Fae” (inspired by Julie Cooper’s “Dark Fairy” prompt), and you can snag the original for only $10!

Inspired by Tricia Danby’s prompt, Linzi Fay drew this serene and enchanting “Gossamer Beauty.” She’s offering the original graphite, white charcoal, and white paint sketch on tan toned paper for only $18.

That’s it for this evening’s featured illustrations! Click through to the main gallery to do some shopping and leave some comments for our artists. Be sure to come back to the blog tomorrow and discover when September’s Sketch Fest will be held!

It’s Sketch Fest Saturday, and we hope you’re enjoying a creative weekend! 20 creators have joined us so far, spending one hour on various artistic pursuits then sharing what they’ve made in our gallery.

Time for us to feature a few of these artworks – before you jump over to the full gallery and explore for yourselves.

Ellen Million, the founder of Sketch Fest, had the first upload this month! In this sketch, she’s roughing in the illustration for a bookplate design for the Protection Inc. book series.

When Julie Rabischung saw Natta’s prompt of “Enchanted roses,” she said, “I couldn’t resist this prompt!! Roses are my favorite flowers.” Using watercolors, colored pencils, and white gouache, she created this trio of blooming roses amidst sparkles of magic. You can purchase the original 4″ x 6″ sketch for $18, or snag a print for $7.

Inspired by Mayumi Ogihara’s prompt of “Autumn Coloured Mermaid,” Jenny Heidewald sketched this mermaid with a starfish in her flowing tresses.

This pretty prancing pegasus is being sketched by Jill Britt, inspired by Linda Sayegh’s “Pegasus flight” prompt.

Letesha Gaither took Afke van Herpt’s prompt of “Eyes telling a story” and drew this evocative eye telling “Aged Stories.”

Amy Sue Stirland used her time to create these three lovely pumpkin softies! Inspired by Heather Kilgore’s “Where are my pumpkins?” prompt, Amy said, “I needed new softies in my blue and grey autumn tones. What a great prompt!!”

That’s it on our featured illustrations tonight! Hop on over to Sketch Fest #112 to see more and shop the gallery. And don’t forget to drop by the blog tomorrow for more.

We celebrated EMG Sketch Fest 110 this past weekend, and all our attendees had a lovely time! There are dozens of sketches and other creations uploaded to the gallery and several items for sale as well.

How about a few highlights?

This delicate “Forget Me Not” flower is a rough sketch from Juliana C. Velasco in response to the prompt “May flower.”

Jill Britt plucked Mayumi Ogihara’s prompt, “Seashell Crown,” like the loveliest of beach-found treasure, sketching this lovely “Crowned” figure of spindrift and dreams.

“Peony” by Jenna Wing-hu is an intricately beautiful and delicate sketch of “a beautiful princess with a peony on top of her head.”

Kathy played with acrylic paints this Sketch Fest, illustrating “Cthulhu dreaming in R’lyeh.” 12×12 gallery wrapped black canvas.

Tesha Gaither created this “King of the Nightmares” illustration – that is both wonderfully creepy and of great composition – in response to douggle’s “King of the monsters.”

Did you enjoy this peek into our latest Sketch Fest? Hit the gallery if you can’t wait to see more – and come back tomorrow to see what we feature then!

Happy Sketch Fest Saturday night, everyone! We hope you’ll join us in being creative for the rest of the weekend – enjoy these featured illustrations from the gallery tonight.

Linda Sayegh uploaded the first piece to our gallery this weekend! “Butterfly Faerie” depicts “[a] little Fae sitting among some Butterflies.” This 5″x7″ illustration is done in colored pencils, sharpie paint pen, and white marker on grey Canson Mi-Tientes paper.

“Huginn and Muninn” are mythically engaging in ink, markers, and colored pencils on toned paper. Julie Rabischung, inspired by Julie Cooper’s prompt, says, “I couldn’t resist the raven’s call!”

Shell drew this adorable “pokey lion fish swimming in coral,” inspired by Kathy Nutt’s prompt “Aquatic Garden.”

Inspired by Mikka, Amy Sue Stirland painted “Veiled” in gouache on mixed media paper. 5.5″x8.5″.

Share your faves on social media, and don’t forget to use our official hashtag #EMGSketchFest.

Are you still up and browsing the Internet? Excellent! Because we’ve got some great art to share with you from #EMGSketchFest 108. Buckle up and keep scrolling – then hop on over to our gallery and go shopping.

Maria J. William sketched “Silent Tears” in colored pencils, white charcoal, and white acrylic on toned paper. The 6×8 original is available for just $40 and prints at various sizes are available for $7-$10.

Katerina Koukiotis’ Jon Snow is ready to go – as is she for the last season of Game of Thrones! This pencil sketch is on toned paper and measures 5×7. The original sketch is available for only $35.

Amy Sue Stirland shared the watercolor painting for April she did in her bullet journal – so adorable, and evocative of April showers! Watercolor and markers on journal paper.

Deirdre spent some time this weekend painting a medallion she bought: “It’s not a sketch, exactly, but I was arting with you all and wanted to share.” We’re happy that you did! The delicate colors are lovely.

About “Capricorn and Fishing Float,” Tallulah said, “I think this has been my favourite sketch this sketchfest. Yellow highlighter undersketch (done while I was walking the dog) and the copic and colour pencil worked over the top. The highlighter resists the copic – showing the underlying concept sketch in places.” This sketch is completely wonderful – and you could take the original home for $20.

Don’t forget to visit the full #EMGSketchFest 108 gallery. We’ll be back tomorrow with some final featured illustrations, and to announce the dates for May’s Sketch Fest.