{"id":2731,"date":"2024-07-29T18:57:05","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T23:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/?p=2731"},"modified":"2024-07-29T18:57:12","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T23:57:12","slug":"july-slump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/?p=2731","title":{"rendered":"July Slump"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It happens pretty much every year. A few small sketches, maybe, but that&#8217;s about it for an entire month. As temperatures rise, my creativity slumps. Even so, I did mange a few ballpoint pen sketches, including this robin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"720\" data-attachment-id=\"2733\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/?attachment_id=2733\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240729_234054975_iOS-1-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1801\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone SE (2nd generation)&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1722278454&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.99&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;20&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0014388489208633&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20240729_234054975_iOS\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240729_234054975_iOS-1-1024x720.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240729_234054975_iOS-1-1024x720.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2733\" srcset=\"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240729_234054975_iOS-1-1024x720.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240729_234054975_iOS-1-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240729_234054975_iOS-1-768x540.jpg 768w, https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240729_234054975_iOS-1-1536x1081.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/20240729_234054975_iOS-1-2048x1441.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>9&#8243;x12&#8243;, Uni Jetstream ballpoint pen on Khadi watercolor paper<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It happens pretty much every year. A few small sketches, maybe, but that&#8217;s about it for an entire month. As temperatures rise, my creativity slumps. 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