{"id":1562,"date":"2023-09-22T10:58:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T14:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/sketchbook-frog-in-the-rain\/"},"modified":"2023-10-06T18:31:22","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T22:31:22","slug":"sketchbook-frog-in-the-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/sketchbook-frog-in-the-rain\/","title":{"rendered":"Sketchbook \/\/ Frog in the rain"},"content":{"rendered":"

YoungerKid gave me the idea of a frog in the rain with a leaf for an umbrella.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s exactly the sort of thing I\u2019m fond of, isn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n

Graphite on sketchpaper, about 4\u201dx3.5\u201d if I estimated it correctly.<\/p>\n

Not 100% sure this photo turned out. ….. Edited to add: hm, here’s a scanned version instead of the iPhone photo. I brightened the white in the back and that adds some crispness I like.\u00a0<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

YoungerKid gave me the idea of a frog in the rain with a leaf for an umbrella. That\u2019s exactly the sort of thing I\u2019m fond of, isn\u2019t it? Graphite on sketchpaper, about 4\u201dx3.5\u201d if I estimated it correctly. Not 100% sure this photo turned out. ….. Edited to add: hm,… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1561,"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":[386,252],"class_list":["post-1562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","tag-patreon-post","tag-sketchbook"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phmexg-pc","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2014,"url":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/sketchbook-divided-page\/","url_meta":{"origin":1562,"position":0},"title":"Sketchbook \/\/ divided page?","author":"Kir","date":"12 December 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"I was thinking about putting masking tape down on a page to make a window-like structure, and then painting one image such that each panel could stand on its own, then cutting up the paper\/ Together they'd still make a whole.Maybe I'll keep poking at this or something like it.(Hope\u2026","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\/5a19eb24305d6ef8762606d277d32dfd.jpeg?fit=480%2C640&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1966,"url":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/sketchbook-a-sort-of-dragon\/","url_meta":{"origin":1562,"position":1},"title":"Sketchbook \/\/ a sort of dragon","author":"Kir","date":"9 May 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Thinking about dragons, some works by Emily Hare, and Robin Hobbs' Rain Wild series.","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\/2fc00da253af519af00ede917705882a.jpg?fit=820%2C1100&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2fc00da253af519af00ede917705882a.jpg?fit=820%2C1100&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2fc00da253af519af00ede917705882a.jpg?fit=820%2C1100&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2fc00da253af519af00ede917705882a.jpg?fit=820%2C1100&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1461,"url":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/sketchbook-another-page\/","url_meta":{"origin":1562,"position":2},"title":"Sketchbook \/\/ another page","author":"Kir","date":"14 July 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Messing around, messing up, just practicing because darn it that\u2019s necessary.","rel":"","context":"In "Art"","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/category\/art\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Page from K Talmage's Sketchbook showing 2 Fae, 1 Beastie","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/sketchb-2fae-scaled.jpg?fit=840%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/sketchb-2fae-scaled.jpg?fit=840%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/sketchb-2fae-scaled.jpg?fit=840%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/sketchb-2fae-scaled.jpg?fit=840%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":616,"url":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/sketchbook-scribbly-idea-for-an-art-show-submission\/","url_meta":{"origin":1562,"position":3},"title":"Sketchbook: scribbly idea for an art show submission","author":"Kir","date":"22 February 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The Museum where I work has an annual art show. 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