{"id":889,"date":"2018-08-11T01:35:32","date_gmt":"2018-08-11T05:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/sketchbook-outdoor-practice\/"},"modified":"2018-08-11T01:35:32","modified_gmt":"2018-08-11T05:35:32","slug":"sketchbook-outdoor-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/sketchbook-outdoor-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"Sketchbook \/\/ Outdoor practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During the last #Sketchfest I had trouble doing anything precise* but hey, unfinished scribbly sketches work in watercolor too. So I did this for the prompt &#8220;Panda playing the flute&#8221;. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/sketchfest\/sketchfestprompt.php?prompt=25288\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/sketchfest\/sketchfestprompt.php?prompt=25288<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It was lots of fun to look up different kinds of flutes. (I suspect my college roommate knows them all already.) I imagine the typical silver flute we have in classical music orchestras might be trickier for pandas than this long one. Shoulder joints and all that.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t know what the panda is playing nor why \u2014 what do you think?<\/p>\n<p>Should I find the time to do a finished version? Would you like that?<\/p>\n<p>Please comment!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>* Um, you probably know all this: the cataract surgery clarified my right eye\u2019s light-gathering but made my eyes have different abilities to focus together closely. It\u2019s all still in flux though; until my vision settles enough for reading glasses, I have either nearby depth perception <em>or <\/em>focus (but not both), so putting a mark precisely on a page was &#8230; not really happening. Luckily I don\u2019t need to for my sketches&#8230;\u00a0 (It&#8217;s improving since I painted this. Or I&#8217;m adapting. Yay neurons in the brain!) \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the last #Sketchfest I had trouble doing anything precise* but hey, unfinished scribbly sketches work in watercolor too. So I did this for the prompt &#8220;Panda playing the flute&#8221;. https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/sketchfest\/sketchfestprompt.php?prompt=25288\u00a0 It was lots of fun to look up different kinds of flutes. 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