{"id":1250,"date":"2022-07-16T14:54:37","date_gmt":"2022-07-16T18:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/?p=1250"},"modified":"2022-09-14T15:02:53","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T19:02:53","slug":"sketchbook-more-wee-beasties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/sketchbook-more-wee-beasties\/","title":{"rendered":"Sketchbook \/\/ more wee beasties"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have some tiny new watercolor paper pad\u2014Stonehenge hot & cold press from Legion Paper\u2014new to try!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I didn\u2019t feel like drawing right on them, so I have been making tiny sketches to work out some ideas.<\/p>\n

You probably know most of these critters; in case not, the one with the strawberry is a rock vole. I knew of meadow voles but not this species until today. I like them!<\/p>\n

Not sure whether I\u2019ll do ink lines or just watercolor when I get to it. Your opinions are most welcome!<\/p>\n

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I have some tiny new watercolor paper pad\u2014Stonehenge hot & cold press from Legion Paper\u2014new to try! I didn\u2019t feel like drawing right on them, so I have been making tiny sketches to work out some ideas. You probably know most of these critters; in case not, the one with… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1248,"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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[94],"tags":[371,377,20,378,252,379],"class_list":["post-1250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sketches","tag-cat","tag-chipmunk","tag-critters","tag-duckling","tag-sketchbook","tag-vole"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/69dd98f52f69f551edaa8571fc774d53.jpg?fit=820%2C1065&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pakBUO-ka","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":212,"url":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/intrepid-the-persistent-ladybug\/","url_meta":{"origin":1250,"position":0},"title":"Intrepid (the persistent ladybug)","author":"Kir","date":"24 June 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Intrepid (the persistent ladybug) (ink sketch) Ballpoint and watercolor paper on 60lb smooth Piccadilly sketchbook paper. 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