{"id":323,"date":"2008-06-10T14:18:16","date_gmt":"2008-06-10T14:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/?p=323"},"modified":"2010-07-19T16:47:17","modified_gmt":"2010-07-19T16:47:17","slug":"daisy-sketch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2008\/06\/daisy-sketch\/","title":{"rendered":"Daisy Sketch"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1263\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1263\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/daisy.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1263\" title=\"Daisy Sketch\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/daisy.jpg?resize=250%2C498\" alt=\"Daisy Sketch\" width=\"250\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/daisy.jpg?w=250&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/daisy.jpg?resize=150%2C300&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 85vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1263\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daisy Sketch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This daisy was another Drawing Day sketch and I must admit that I chose this flower because it was nearest the edge of the path in our overgrown meadow, and I didn&#8217;t want to search any further for a subject. After I sat down with it, though, it grew on me. Its petals went every-which way, and they were fun to draw!<\/p>\n<p>I drew the petals by paying as much attention to the spaces between them as to the petals themselves. I sketched them with a tight thin line, and then switched to a loose side of pencil hatch for the rest of the flower including the inner disc, stem, and leaves. 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Its petals went every-which &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2008\/06\/daisy-sketch\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Daisy Sketch&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","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":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-drawings"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Daisy Sketch - 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\/06\/daisy-sketch\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Daisy Sketch - Carol&#039;s Drawing Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This daisy was another Drawing Day sketch and I must admit that I chose this flower because it was nearest the edge of the path in our overgrown meadow, and I didn&#8217;t want to search any further for a subject. 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