{"id":802,"date":"2013-05-31T17:43:05","date_gmt":"2013-05-31T22:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aspenshimmers.com\/blog\/?p=802"},"modified":"2015-03-01T14:50:58","modified_gmt":"2015-03-01T19:50:58","slug":"pigment-passion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/aspenshimmers.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/31\/pigment-passion\/","title":{"rendered":"Pigment Passion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One part of Vasari Classic Artists&#8217; Oil Colors&#8217; mission is to make the best oil paint possible. Handcrafted. And yes, expensive. Skeptic me decided to stop reading about it and try some.<\/p>\n<p>Oh dear. I confess that beautifully pigmented oil paint makes me want to smear it thickly on the floor and roll in it. This I wanted to devour, to become one with, oh the beauty!<\/p>\n<p>Then I heard my logical brain&#8217;s helium-voiced warning reminding me of the cost and humiliation of beastly behavior. No rolling allowed. No devouring. No becoming one with. Beauty is to be approached thoughtfully.<\/p>\n<p>At last I am able to look, envision, design, and sketch. Pigment perfection will drape well on a worthy skeleton. The process itself is a delight! Then at last, the paint. Oh, I shall paint!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/aspenshimmers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/AspenshimmersVasariPaint_PigmentPassion.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-831\" src=\"http:\/\/aspenshimmers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/AspenshimmersVasariPaint_PigmentPassion-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"367\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"http:\/\/aspenshimmers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/AspenshimmersVasariPaint_PigmentPassion-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/aspenshimmers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/AspenshimmersVasariPaint_PigmentPassion-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/aspenshimmers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/AspenshimmersVasariPaint_PigmentPassion.jpg 612w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><\/a><\/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>One part of Vasari Classic Artists&#8217; Oil Colors&#8217; mission is to make the best oil paint possible. Handcrafted. And yes, expensive. Skeptic me decided to stop reading about it and try some. Oh dear. I confess that beautifully pigmented oil &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/aspenshimmers.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/31\/pigment-passion\/\">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":[4],"tags":[95,93,94],"class_list":["post-802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fine-art","tag-oil-paint","tag-pigment","tag-vasari-classic-artists-oil-colors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/aspenshimmers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802","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=802"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/aspenshimmers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":832,"href":"http:\/\/aspenshimmers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802\/revisions\/832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/aspenshimmers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aspenshimmers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/aspenshimmers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}