{"id":1828,"date":"2020-02-24T20:26:46","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T02:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/?p=1828"},"modified":"2020-02-24T20:26:46","modified_gmt":"2020-02-25T02:26:46","slug":"ten-months-and-300-pencils-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/?p=1828","title":{"rendered":"Ten Months and 300 Pencils Later&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Okay, I like pencils. Colored pencils, watercolor pencils, graphite, water soluble graphite, water soluble ink, water soluble graphite mixed with pigment pencils. Pencils from all over the world. Pencils from the U.S. Humble HB pencils. Super lightfast pencils. Pencils with caps with built-in sharpeners. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"1826\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/?attachment_id=1826\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_3655.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1936,1936\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"img_3655\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_3655-1024x1024.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_3655-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_3655-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_3655-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_3655-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_3655-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_3655.jpg 1936w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ten months ago, my entire art pencil collection consisted of a set of twelve Prismacolors that were twenty years old and two sketching pencils. Now, I have a lot of pencils, maybe 300, and I\u2019ve taken stock, created a swatch journal of each set, and put them into two cases. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-attachment-id=\"1827\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/?attachment_id=1827\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_3646.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"3264,2448\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPad mini 4&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1582572932&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;32&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"img_3646\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_3646-1024x768.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_3646-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_3646-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_3646-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/img_3646-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Because if I tidy up, maybe there will be room for more. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, I like pencils. Colored pencils, watercolor pencils, graphite, water soluble graphite, water soluble ink, water soluble graphite mixed with pigment pencils. Pencils from all over the world. Pencils from the U.S. Humble HB pencils. Super lightfast pencils. Pencils with caps with built-in sharpeners. 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