{"id":15272,"date":"2016-10-09T22:23:49","date_gmt":"2016-10-10T02:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.quiltr.com\/?p=15272"},"modified":"2016-10-09T22:23:49","modified_gmt":"2016-10-10T02:23:49","slug":"keep-on-keeping-on-do-the-work-do-the-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quiltr.com\/?p=15272","title":{"rendered":"keep on keeping on &#8211; do the work, do the work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m purposely working to be patient and let things dry and do things in stages. Doing a couple paintings in tandem is helpful in this. I&#8217;ve also opened up my arches pad of paper and found I can fold and tear it into postcard size pieces which is great for practicing small effects. Big juicy watercolor but in fun small bites.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-context=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/34791306@N00\/30191081196\/in\/album-72157668274118826\/\" title=\"octoberlane\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c5.staticflickr.com\/9\/8407\/30191081196_8028eea4d3.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"378\" alt=\"octoberlane\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/postcard1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/postcard1.jpeg\" title=\"postcard 1\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/postcard1.jpeg 3479w, https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/postcard1-150x100.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/postcard1-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/postcard1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/postcard2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/postcard2.jpeg\" title=\"postcard 2\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/postcard2.jpeg 3640w, https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/postcard2-150x100.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/postcard2-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/postcard2-1024x683.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/sunsetclouds.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/sunsetclouds.jpeg\" title=\"sunsetclouds 6x6-ish\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/sunsetclouds.jpeg 4032w, https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/sunsetclouds-150x113.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/sunsetclouds-533x400.jpeg 533w, https:\/\/quiltr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/sunsetclouds-1024x768.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m purposely working to be patient and let things dry and do things in stages. 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