{"id":1566,"date":"2021-03-04T10:00:08","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T10:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/?p=1566"},"modified":"2021-03-03T11:00:39","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T11:00:39","slug":"splodge-complete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/?p=1566","title":{"rendered":"Splodge complete?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Splodge-03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1568\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Splodge-03-249x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"349\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Splodge-03-249x300.jpg 249w, https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Splodge-03-124x150.jpg 124w, https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Splodge-03.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 349px) 85vw, 349px\" \/><\/a>I think I&#8217;ve finished.\u00a0 I&#8217;ll need to leave it visible for a week or two, but there will not be any major changes.<\/p>\n<p>The water has &#8220;worked&#8221;.\u00a0 I&#8217;m surprised as still water reflections are smooth and this technique is made of discrete parts.\u00a0 I&#8217;ll admit the sky reflected in the water is laid on, more like water lilies.\u00a0 Within the\u00a0 limits of this painting, that is acceptable.<\/p>\n<p>Attempting this technique has increased my respect for this artist and my enjoyment of the painting itself.\u00a0 To see a scene in such clear, shaped colours, while retaining the atmosphere of the sunny, carefree day, is no mean achievement.\u00a0 Nor is the painter a &#8220;one trick pony&#8221;, as we own another, also created with a palette knife, of flowers.\u00a0 It couldn&#8217;t be more different.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Homersa-flowers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1570\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Homersa-flowers-300x242.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Homersa-flowers-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Homersa-flowers-150x121.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Homersa-flowers.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>I love them both.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I think I&#8217;ve finished.\u00a0 I&#8217;ll need to leave it visible for a week or two, but there will not be any major changes. The water has &#8220;worked&#8221;.\u00a0 I&#8217;m surprised as still water reflections are smooth and this technique is made of discrete parts.\u00a0 I&#8217;ll admit the sky reflected in the water is laid on, more &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/?p=1566\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Splodge complete?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1566"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1566"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1571,"href":"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1566\/revisions\/1571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}