{"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":1849,"url":"https:\/\/heidimayo.com\/topblog\/raccoons-schedule\/","url_meta":{"origin":1697,"position":0},"title":"Raccoons & Schedule","author":"heidimayo","date":"October 7, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Last week was the fur lesson, and what better way to teach about how to make deep, fluffy fur than raccoons! \u00a0 Scroll down for the weekly schedule. \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 SCHEDULE THIS WEEK We love October at the Top. 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