{"id":1979,"date":"2025-06-20T19:56:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T23:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/sketchbook-kingfisher-time\/"},"modified":"2025-06-20T19:56:01","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T23:56:01","slug":"sketchbook-kingfisher-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/sketchbook-kingfisher-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Sketchbook \/\/ kingfisher time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From or for Bird Whisperer&#8217;s April prompt. Was trying to get a reasonable sletch I could paint. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-media-id=\"454965545\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/8d9ea39e0b39c3f895e68e5855f77447.jpg?fit=820%2C1012&amp;ssl=1\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From or for Bird Whisperer&#8217;s April prompt. Was trying to get a reasonable sletch I could paint.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1978,"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-1979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phmexg-vV","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1073,"url":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/sketchbook-goblin-gardener\/","url_meta":{"origin":1979,"position":0},"title":"Sketchbook \/\/ Goblin gardener","author":"Kir","date":"3 June 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Might\u2019ve been good to start w a lighter pencil or bigger first sketch\u2014some structural bugs I could\u2019ve prevented... also to use the scanner instead of the phone maybe, or take photos at a different time of day. 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Here\u2019s the sketchy scribbly idea of what I might send\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/category\/art\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"a page from kir's sketchbook: a ballpoint sketch of bird on cup with notes","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/sketchbook-bird-coffee-cup-comon-grounds-Medium.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/sketchbook-bird-coffee-cup-comon-grounds-Medium.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/sketchbook-bird-coffee-cup-comon-grounds-Medium.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/sketchbook-bird-coffee-cup-comon-grounds-Medium.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2181,"url":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/sketchbook-practice-stump\/","url_meta":{"origin":1979,"position":2},"title":"Sketchbook \/\/ practice stump","author":"Kir","date":"14 September 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"I treated myself to a little Emily Lex watercolor workbook. Here's one of the pictures from it.It's kind of fun\/satisfying\/surprising when you like your own version a little bit better than the tutor's! Mine has brighter colors. I kinda like her bird better and I think that has a lot\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","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\/d99f753e61a2a820c11ac71256cf2bd0.jpeg?fit=820%2C570&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/d99f753e61a2a820c11ac71256cf2bd0.jpeg?fit=820%2C570&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/d99f753e61a2a820c11ac71256cf2bd0.jpeg?fit=820%2C570&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/d99f753e61a2a820c11ac71256cf2bd0.jpeg?fit=820%2C570&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1683,"url":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/sketchbook-chicken-practice\/","url_meta":{"origin":1979,"position":3},"title":"Sketchbook \/\/ chicken practice","author":"Kir","date":"7 March 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"For work\/professional development, I got video access to the Wild Wonders 2023 nature journaling conference. After the fact, so it's asynchronous and all that. I just stream the videos and follow along as my schedule allows. Got to get through four days before the end of April!Of course, between work\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","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\/2838b46221fe393dc2409be60db9080e.jpg?fit=820%2C1070&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2838b46221fe393dc2409be60db9080e.jpg?fit=820%2C1070&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2838b46221fe393dc2409be60db9080e.jpg?fit=820%2C1070&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2838b46221fe393dc2409be60db9080e.jpg?fit=820%2C1070&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":890,"url":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/sketchbook-smaugust-3-failure-to-launch\/","url_meta":{"origin":1979,"position":4},"title":"Sketchbook \/\/ Smaugust 3: Failure to launch","author":"Kir","date":"12 August 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Just another scribbly ink pen sketch for Smaugust! One of the prompts for August 3 was \"Dragon Rider\" (I got this from Bubbles on instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BlizpCXFZf8\/?tagged=smaugust2018 ).As you can see, I'm not really doing this art challenge daily, nor much in order. But when I get a little giggle from\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/category\/art\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":902,"url":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/sketchbook-a-day-in-greenland-with-birds\/","url_meta":{"origin":1979,"position":5},"title":"Sketchbook \/\/ a day in Greenland, with birds","author":"Kir","date":"24 September 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"My Mom took me and my girl to Greenland and it was AMAZING. I saw birds I've never seen before (\"life birds\"), including Northern Wheatears and (probably-) Meadow Pipits.While poking about the ruins of a viking church, a bird landed on my head! 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