{"id":1602,"date":"2017-06-14T09:48:55","date_gmt":"2017-06-14T13:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heidimayo.com\/topblog\/?p=1602"},"modified":"2017-06-14T09:49:25","modified_gmt":"2017-06-14T13:49:25","slug":"learning-from-the-masters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heidimayo.com\/topblog\/learning-from-the-masters\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning from the Masters"},"content":{"rendered":"

We learn a lot\u00a0from the masters. One of the biggest things we learn is that paintings that appear to be so simple are actually quite complex!<\/p>\n

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We learn a lot\u00a0from the masters. 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