{"id":1077,"date":"2021-07-01T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-01T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/sketchbook-something-sweeter-for-my-mom\/"},"modified":"2021-07-01T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T21:00:00","slug":"sketchbook-something-sweeter-for-my-mom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/sketchbook-something-sweeter-for-my-mom\/","title":{"rendered":"Sketchbook \/\/ something sweeter for my mom"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mom finds my sketches \u201ca little weird\u201c. One would suspect she\u2019s never browsed the internet! But I know she has. She also finds Mary Engelbreit\u2019s works totally wonderful\u2026 and<\/em> loves Engeldark too. So your guess is as good as mine why she thinks my stuff is just a little too something for her.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On the other hand, she filled my childhood with Mary Engelbreit, Garth Williams, Trina Schart Hyman, Maurice Sendak, Tasha Tudor, Ernest H. Shephard. (She\u2019d\u2019ve included Jill Barklem too but I was mostly grown by then.) So I have no<\/em> complaints!<\/p>\n

Anyway, she wanted something a little \u201csweeter\u201d, so this is for her.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mom finds my sketches \u201ca little weird\u201c. One would suspect she\u2019s never browsed the internet! But I know she has. She also finds Mary Engelbreit\u2019s works totally wonderful\u2026 and loves Engeldark too. So your guess is as good as mine why she thinks my stuff is just a little too… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","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":true,"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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phmexg-hn","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1633,"url":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/sketchbook-pawprint\/","url_meta":{"origin":1077,"position":0},"title":"Sketchbook \/\/ pawprint","author":"Kir","date":"1 December 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"A piece of a multi illustration project. Part of why I am late again with a coloring sheet. This project is for my mom and you know what they say about doing art for your mom.If not, well, then, make up something wonderful!Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving.","rel":"","context":"In "Art"","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/category\/art\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/e0bbc47e5d71381c52791f47ca25008c.jpg?fit=820%2C770&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/e0bbc47e5d71381c52791f47ca25008c.jpg?fit=820%2C770&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/e0bbc47e5d71381c52791f47ca25008c.jpg?fit=820%2C770&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/e0bbc47e5d71381c52791f47ca25008c.jpg?fit=820%2C770&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1638,"url":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/wip-saskia-at-the-desk-for-mom\/","url_meta":{"origin":1077,"position":1},"title":"WIP \/\/ Saskia at the desk (for Mom)","author":"Kir","date":"14 January 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"This post is me whining. 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