{"id":293,"date":"2008-05-04T16:36:22","date_gmt":"2008-05-04T16:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/?p=293"},"modified":"2010-07-24T20:50:28","modified_gmt":"2010-07-24T20:50:28","slug":"sketching-from-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2008\/05\/sketching-from-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Sketching From Life Is Addicting"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1387\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1387\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/hazel-sketch.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1387\" title=\"Sketch of My Cat Hazel\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/hazel-sketch.jpg?resize=250%2C155\" alt=\"Sketch of My Cat Hazel\" width=\"250\" height=\"155\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1387\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sketch of My Cat Hazel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I&#8217;m sketching from life a lot lately. I stop what I&#8217;m doing at about 3:00 each day, grab the messenger bag that I&#8217;ve stuffed with drawing supplies, and head for our meadow. After six laps around the meadow, I&#8217;m trying to loose weight, I settle down and draw.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1388\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1388\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/freddy-sketch.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1388\" title=\"Sketch of My Cat Freddy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/freddy-sketch.jpg?resize=250%2C181\" alt=\"Sketch of My Cat Freddy\" width=\"250\" height=\"181\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1388\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sketch of My Cat Freddy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Flowers, sprouting leaves, and things that catch my eye become my models. I&#8217;ve been doing this for two weeks, nearly everyday, and my sketching ability has improved tremendously. And I&#8217;ve lost two pounds! Drawing from life is an ability that needs constant practice to stay sharp and I was rusty.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1389\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1389\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/rusty-sketch.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1389\" title=\"Sketch of My Cat Rusty\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/rusty-sketch.jpg?resize=250%2C167\" alt=\"Sketch of My Cat Rusty\" width=\"250\" height=\"167\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1389\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sketch of My Cat Rusty<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I&#8217;m addicted to life sketching now and can only go a day without before the desire to capture a likeness overwhelms me. Yesterday, after a day and a half of rain kept me indoors, I stalked the cats. I snuck up on them while they were napping and satisfied my sketching hunger.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m sketching from life a lot lately. I stop what I&#8217;m doing at about 3:00 each day, grab the messenger bag that I&#8217;ve stuffed with drawing supplies, and head for our meadow. After six laps around the meadow, I&#8217;m trying to loose weight, I settle down and draw. Flowers, sprouting leaves, and things that catch &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2008\/05\/sketching-from-life\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sketching From Life Is Addicting&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_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}},"categories":[32],"tags":[10,11,25],"class_list":["post-293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hi-diddle-dee-dee","tag-cats","tag-drawing","tag-sketching"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sketching From Life Is Addicting - Carol&#039;s Drawing Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2008\/05\/sketching-from-life\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sketching From Life Is Addicting - Carol&#039;s Drawing Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I&#8217;m sketching from life a lot lately. 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