{"id":76,"date":"2006-10-26T07:30:41","date_gmt":"2006-10-26T07:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/?p=76"},"modified":"2010-09-06T13:30:09","modified_gmt":"2010-09-06T13:30:09","slug":"how-to-set-up-a-still-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2006\/10\/how-to-set-up-a-still-life\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Set Up A Still Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1512\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1512\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/hazelnuts.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1512\" title=\"Hazelnuts\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/hazelnuts.jpg?resize=300%2C164\" alt=\"Hazelnuts\" width=\"300\" height=\"164\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1512\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hazelnuts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In my last post, I talked about how important it is to draw from life and it\u2019s a lot easier to do that if you know how to set up a simple still life. 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