{"id":356,"date":"2011-04-02T14:50:11","date_gmt":"2011-04-02T20:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aspenshimmers.wordpress.com\/?p=356"},"modified":"2011-04-02T14:50:11","modified_gmt":"2011-04-02T20:50:11","slug":"magnifying-glass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/aspenshimmers.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/02\/magnifying-glass\/","title":{"rendered":"Magnifying Glass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A turnip and a pomegranate may seem like unusual still life partners with a toy duck, but then a duck on a trike is not an every day thing either.\u00a0 I&#8217;m using a magnifying glass to help me see details. Knowing just where a highlight starts and finishes, and how a shape slips into shadow, helps me to achieve a realistic look in the painting I am doing of these unusual companions.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_363\" style=\"width: 304px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/aspenshimmers.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/04\/img_1331_41.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-363\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-363   \" title=\"Duck Magnifying Glass\" src=\"http:\/\/aspenshimmers.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/04\/img_1331_41.jpg?w=294\" alt=\"Duck Magnifying Glass\" width=\"294\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/aspenshimmers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/img_1331_41.jpg 980w, http:\/\/aspenshimmers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/img_1331_41-294x300.jpg 294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 294px) 100vw, 294px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-363\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The magnifying glass brings into clear view details that might otherwise have been overlooked.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A turnip and a pomegranate may seem like unusual still life partners with a toy duck, but then a duck on a trike is not an every day thing either.\u00a0 I&#8217;m using a magnifying glass to help me see details. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/aspenshimmers.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/02\/magnifying-glass\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[49],"class_list":["post-356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-magnifying-glass"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/aspenshimmers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/aspenshimmers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/aspenshimmers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aspenshimmers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aspenshimmers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=356"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/aspenshimmers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":629,"href":"http:\/\/aspenshimmers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356\/revisions\/629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/aspenshimmers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aspenshimmers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aspenshimmers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}