Sketch Fest is on! (http://www.ellenmilliongraphics.com/sketchfest/index.phpRead more... )

 Sketch Fest is today and my son also graduates from Preschool (the day care we send him to acts like a Pre School for the soon to be school-aged kids - which is awesome). :)

My back and neck are bothering me from over-extensions and over exertion from work. The doctor has said I /have/ to have a back belt - otherwise I could do more serious damage ( Read more... )

Tomorrow (EST 4pm) starts the 24hr Global event known as Sketch Fest as hosted by Ellen Million Graphics. I'm so excited!

I'm going to try and stream tomorrow to track my art offerings. :) Yeaness!

As of right now I'm setting up my cam to do some art, and will be streaming the artwork after dinner. :)

( Read more... )

Dragon Love Goddess Figurine by ~halfbreed on deviantART

I'm not 100% when it comes to many of the color mediums, and often end up getting counter productive out of fear of messing my nice pencils up. Below is the series of steps from drawing to finished piece. I kick myself for not scanning the color process step by step. Ah well.

The final piece is ( Read more... )

Ellen has done a lot of work on the sketch fest website, making it more and more functional and user friendly. She does this work based solely on the donations offered through the site, or by the artwork sold through the site.

It's a wonder what's happened, and how far this has evolved in about a year (March is the rough anniversary date). It makes ( Read more... )

With the upcoming holidays and scrambling a lot of people do in November (Black Friday after Turkey Day), end of semester, reports, grading, tests, etc, there are too many things to count that can impede the growth of this wonderful event. In addition to the rush for the winter holidays, there will be an early December Sketch Fest set up (hopefully ( Read more... )

I was very inspired this time around, and amazed at the amount of quality artwork that leaps from the hands and minds of my fellow artists! How amazing it is to share these wonderful, creative moments with them, the prompters, and the observers who view our works of art!

I was saddened to see that the number of artists were down this month, as well ( Read more... )

Sketch Fest!

What is Sketch Fest?

Sketch Fest is a day, once a month, wherein artists from around the world get together with other artists and non-artists for a 24 hour period devoted to creating wonderful bits of art. This allows us to share with the art community and in the heart of creative harmony in order to stimulate the creative juices ( Read more... )