{"id":594,"date":"2018-01-09T10:00:54","date_gmt":"2018-01-09T10:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/?p=594"},"modified":"2018-01-05T23:04:13","modified_gmt":"2018-01-05T23:04:13","slug":"last-years-aims-how-did-i-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/?p=594","title":{"rendered":"Last Year&#8217;s Aims &#8211; How did I do?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Looking back at last January&#8217;s post, I found things I&#8217;d forgotten about(!), things still on the &#8220;to do&#8221; list, and two\u00a0 completed.<\/p>\n<p>I did finish the portrait, though I am less than thrilled with it, &#8211;\u00a0 competent but uninspired.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/MyFriends.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-310\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/MyFriends-221x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/MyFriends-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/MyFriends-110x150.jpg 110w, https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/MyFriends.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 221px) 85vw, 221px\" \/><\/a> I thought that I could reprise it using mixed media, and I still intend to do so.\u00a0 In fact I have chosen the canvas and collect potential collage papers. I have even brooded about colour palette.<\/p>\n<p>But the real success of the year has been the improvement in my drawing skills.\u00a0 This is something that I am truly pleased (and surprised) about, and it is so liberating.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve been intimidated about drawing all my life and now I fear no more.\u00a0 That has got to be a result!<\/p>\n<p>This year I am going to continue working with watercolour pencils, but try to use them more freely.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve got one or two thoughts on how to achieve this but they are still hazy so I will feel my way slowly and hope something clicks!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking back at last January&#8217;s post, I found things I&#8217;d forgotten about(!), things still on the &#8220;to do&#8221; list, and two\u00a0 completed. I did finish the portrait, though I am less than thrilled with it, &#8211;\u00a0 competent but uninspired.\u00a0 I thought that I could reprise it using mixed media, and I still intend to do &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/?p=594\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Last Year&#8217;s Aims &#8211; How did I do?&#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\/594"}],"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=594"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":595,"href":"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594\/revisions\/595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.williamsonfineart.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}