{"id":1838,"date":"2020-03-02T11:25:33","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T17:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/?p=1838"},"modified":"2020-03-02T11:25:33","modified_gmt":"2020-03-02T17:25:33","slug":"grazing-time-and-third-little-bird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/?p=1838","title":{"rendered":"Grazing Time and Third Little Bird"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"735\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"1837\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/?attachment_id=1837\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_3664.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2239,3120\" 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;1582978462&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;25&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"img_3664\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_3664-735x1024.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_3664-735x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1837\" srcset=\"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_3664-735x1024.jpg 735w, https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_3664-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_3664-768x1070.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I finished another drawing using Grafix Duralar drafting film and Neocolor I crayons, this one our two horses grazing. Pete and Banner are close friends. Banner\u2019s the leader, and Pete\u2019s never far behind. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I left out the background other than a few splotches of color because I\u2019m being a little dramatic but I\u2019m also just beginning to experiment with backgrounds on drafting film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"1835\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/?attachment_id=1835\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_3714.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2448,3264\" 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;1583097746&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.05&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"img_3714\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_3714-768x1024.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_3714-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1835\" srcset=\"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_3714-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/img_3714-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I also finished this hummingbird, which is the final bird in the Three Little Birds series by <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"the Virtual Instructor (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thevirtualinstructor.com\" target=\"_blank\">the Virtual Instructor<\/a>. He used Caran d\u2019Ache Luminance pencils, which I have, but the only black paper I have is Canson drawing paper, not a great choice. I couldn\u2019t layer enough so left it about half finished with very little definition, especially on the back and tail. Oh, well. I really enjoyed the series and learned so much about color choice, layering, and process. I carried this over to multiple projects already. Now, I need to decide which course to take next. Maybe pen and ink?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I finished another drawing using Grafix Duralar drafting film and Neocolor I crayons, this one our two horses grazing. Pete and Banner are close friends. Banner\u2019s the leader, and Pete\u2019s never far behind. I left out the background other than a few splotches of color because I\u2019m being a little dramatic but I\u2019m also just [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[380,407,420],"tags":[356,467,417,414,509,512,370,522,418,519],"class_list":["post-1838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-pastel","category-pencil","tag-art","tag-bird","tag-caran-dache","tag-colored-pencil","tag-drafting-film","tag-grafix","tag-horse","tag-hummingbird","tag-luminance","tag-neocolor-i"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3wmm6-tE","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1838\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}