{"id":220,"date":"2013-07-01T10:09:07","date_gmt":"2013-07-01T14:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/?p=220"},"modified":"2013-06-25T07:10:25","modified_gmt":"2013-06-25T11:10:25","slug":"the-gnome-gourmand-aceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/the-gnome-gourmand-aceo\/","title":{"rendered":"the Gnome Gourmand ACEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float:left;padding-right:1em; padding-bottom: .5em; width: 150px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/sketchfest\/sketchfestart.php?id=11232\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/th05.deviantart.net\/fs70\/200H\/i\/2013\/176\/1\/7\/the_gnome_gourmand_aceo_by_metasilk-d6akgmx.jpg?w=770\" \/><br \/><cite>the Gnome Gourmand ACEO<\/cite><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Ink, watercolor, and watercolor pencils on watercolor ACEO blank. (Might be Arches paper, might be Strathmore). Followed, as I keep forgetting, by a terrible scanner that has no idea about yellows. Or blues. **sigh!**<\/p>\n<p>Not thrilled with this&#8211;should he have some of his hair visible? How could I better the lights? That really is a creamy almost-yellow tablecloth&#8230; I do not know how to draw\/paint napkin rings yet&#8230;. Much to learn! Finished? Maybe. As far as I can work with it? I think so. (I just added more watercolor pencil work, some of which stayed dry. I tried to deepen the shadows. PLEASE, all comments, critiques, suggestions are WELCOME!)<\/p>\n<p>Done for the prompt <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/sketchfest\/sketchfestprompt.php?prompt=10456\">Gnome in gourmet restaurant<\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/ellenmilliongraphics.com\/sketchfest\/sketchfestgallery.php?date=38\">Sketchfest 38<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/sketchfest\/sketchfestart.php?id=11233\">For sale<\/a> over there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"knote\">Oh yeah: Art copyright &copy; 2013 Kirsten Talmage<\/p>\n<p style=\"clear:both;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>the Gnome Gourmand ACEO Ink, watercolor, and watercolor pencils on watercolor ACEO blank. (Might be Arches paper, might be Strathmore). Followed, as I keep forgetting, by a terrible scanner that has no idea about yellows. Or blues. **sigh!** Not thrilled with this&#8211;should he have some of his hair visible? How&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8,12],"tags":[55,56,29,141,139,143,142,71,42,140,99,25,43],"class_list":["post-220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-shameless-commerce","tag-aceo","tag-atc","tag-colored-pencil","tag-dining","tag-gnome","tag-gourmand","tag-gourmet","tag-hat","tag-mixed-media","tag-restaurant","tag-sketch","tag-sketchfest","tag-watercolor"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phmexg-3y","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":621,"url":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/february-mystery-mail-reward-gnomes-clover-print\/","url_meta":{"origin":220,"position":0},"title":"February Mystery Mail reward \/\/ Gnome&#8217;s Clover print","author":"Kir","date":"19 March 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"In February, I sent out a matted ACEO print of a digital art for the Mystery Mail reward. 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