{"id":1697,"date":"2017-07-31T08:47:56","date_gmt":"2017-07-31T12:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heidimayo.com\/topblog\/?p=1697"},"modified":"2017-07-31T08:47:56","modified_gmt":"2017-07-31T12:47:56","slug":"week-3-down-dirty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heidimayo.com\/topblog\/week-3-down-dirty\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 3 – Down & Dirty"},"content":{"rendered":"

I can’t think of a better way to spend a summer morning than making art with kids!
\nA couple cousins and their friend got down & dirty with pastels last week. And they’re back this week for a mini Art Smorgasbord. Great work, girls!<\/p>\n

Day 1 – the orange lesson, using values\u00a0to create\u00a0volume. Cool thing about that lesson is it applies to just about everything from grapes to cheeks.<\/p>\n

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Day 2 – Landscape Path<\/p>\n

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Day 3 – Favorite Animals<\/p>\n

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I can’t think of a better way to spend a summer morning than making art…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1700,"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":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[18,22,23,19,24],"class_list":["post-1697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art-lessons","category-student-work","tag-art-for-kids","tag-art-lessons","tag-kids-art","tag-pastel-painting","tag-student-work"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/heidimayo.com\/topblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/3ani-sadie.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7nyYC-rn","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6688,"url":"https:\/\/heidimayo.com\/topblog\/weekly-update-45\/","url_meta":{"origin":1697,"position":0},"title":"Weekly Update","author":"heidimayo","date":"January 8, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Kids did a good job with the perspective lesson. 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