{"id":1586,"date":"2021-03-25T10:00:35","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T10:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/?p=1586"},"modified":"2021-03-23T13:09:57","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T13:09:57","slug":"verona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/?p=1586","title":{"rendered":"Verona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Verona-finis.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1588\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Verona-finis-300x245.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Verona-finis-300x245.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Verona-finis-150x122.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Verona-finis.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 85vw, 480px\" \/><\/a>I think this is as far as I go to rescue this painting!<\/p>\n<p>The buildings have more windows and balconies,\u00a0 more definition generally, though how much to put in is one of those imponderables that can only be resolved by practice.\u00a0 Looking at it, I think the details further back are too strong.\u00a0 Since the foreground figures are also stronger , they are not overcome by looming architecture.\u00a0 The highlights on the heads and shoulders, added with gouache, also bring them forward.<\/p>\n<p>This enterprise has been enjoyable in a frustrating sort of way.\u00a0 The sheer size of the paper\u00a0 was a new experience, and following Hazel, thus understanding how to work on a larger stage, has been very rewarding.\u00a0 The sequence she chose to follow this time\u00a0 differed from that used in her videos, again useful.\u00a0 The colours she delights in\u00a0 are a joy to the eye.<\/p>\n<p>As a teacher, it has been salutary to be a student again!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I think this is as far as I go to rescue this painting! The buildings have more windows and balconies,\u00a0 more definition generally, though how much to put in is one of those imponderables that can only be resolved by practice.\u00a0 Looking at it, I think the details further back are too strong.\u00a0 Since the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/?p=1586\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Verona&#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\/1586"}],"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=1586"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1590,"href":"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1586\/revisions\/1590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}