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I seem to have a lot of sketches right now of people or creatures with mugs (large or small) of nice warm beverages. Most of them are not turning out. I\u2019m working on where the arms go, and the legs.<\/p>\n
I mean, I\u2019m happy with the mouse from a couple of months back, and there are things about this one I like, but I\u2019m moving on. More practice!<\/p>\n
Also, happy Valentine\u2019s Day, if that\u2019s your thing. Maybe your day be full of love and warm fuzzies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I seem to have a lot of sketches right now of people or creatures with mugs (large or small) of nice warm beverages. Most of them are not turning out. I\u2019m working on where the arms go, and the legs. I mean, I\u2019m happy with the mouse from a couple… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1423,"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":[8,94],"tags":[387,399,38,14,386,99,252,172],"class_list":["post-1319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","category-sketches","tag-beastie","tag-cocoa","tag-coffee","tag-mouse","tag-patreon-post","tag-sketch","tag-sketchbook","tag-tea"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/sketch-mouse-beast-mug.jpg?fit=808%2C756&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pakBUO-lh","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1104,"url":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/sketchbook-a-mouse-who-shared\/","url_meta":{"origin":1319,"position":0},"title":"Sketchbook \/\/ a mouse who shared","author":"Kir","date":"17 December 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Tis not the season for butterflies and ice cream, here. 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