{"id":232,"date":"2013-07-29T19:05:25","date_gmt":"2013-07-29T23:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/?p=232"},"modified":"2013-07-21T23:09:54","modified_gmt":"2013-07-22T03:09:54","slug":"compass-and-rose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/compass-and-rose\/","title":{"rendered":"Compass and Rose"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Compass and Rose<\/cite><\/a><\/div>\n

For Sketchfest #39,<\/a>, prompt “The compass rose blooms with unexplored directions<\/a>“.<\/p>\n

This took me just about the hour, actually. Is it finished? I feel like there ought to be a stem but if it extends past the box, it wouldn’t work… *puzzled*. It’s also not what I *thought* of when I started sketching but I’m not sure how to do what I’m thinking (with maps and layers…a collage maybe…) Pencil on 65lb. Canson sketch paper. Made the upload grayscale to compensate for funny lighting in my office late at night… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Compass and Rose For Sketchfest #39,, prompt “The compass rose blooms with unexplored directions“. This took me just about the hour, actually. Is it finished? I feel like there ought to be a stem but if it extends past the box, it wouldn’t work… *puzzled*. It’s also not what I… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8,94],"tags":[18,158,161,24,159,99,25,160],"class_list":["post-232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-sketches","tag-bw","tag-compass","tag-jewlery-box","tag-pencil","tag-rose","tag-sketch","tag-sketchfest","tag-still-life"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pakBUO-3K","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":207,"url":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/origami-fairy-for-sketchfest\/","url_meta":{"origin":232,"position":0},"title":"Origami Fairy (for Sketchfest)","author":"Kir","date":"15 June 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Origami Fairy (sketch) Next time, I'm pulling out that old origami photo calendar with stuff in it by Robert Lang. 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