{"id":1714,"date":"2017-09-20T08:55:47","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T12:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heidimayo.com\/topblog\/?p=1714"},"modified":"2017-09-20T09:06:00","modified_gmt":"2017-09-20T13:06:00","slug":"scottys-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heidimayo.com\/topblog\/scottys-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Scotty’s Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Scotty’s making acrylic paintings this summer. He’s learning from his favorite masters, and cutting loose with the paint. I’ll be updating this as Scotty makes more paintings each week.<\/p>\n

First week he started his Cezanne piece, and also went crazy with a nice big canvas. It’s really gratifying to watch his development as he learns the ins and outs of the medium, and lets his creativity flow like paint. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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We have a lot to learn from the masters. On to Picasso this week.\"\"\u00a0 \u00a0\"\"<\/p>\n

Scotty painted en plein air<\/em><\/p>\n

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And another gorgeous Picasso<\/p>\n

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Scotty’s making acrylic paintings this summer. He’s learning from his favorite masters, and cutting loose…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1804,"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":[16,3],"tags":[50,23,24,26],"class_list":["post-1714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-student-spotlight","category-student-work","tag-acrylic","tag-kids-art","tag-student-work","tag-top-of-the-world"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/heidimayo.com\/topblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/scot-reading.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7nyYC-rE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":348,"url":"https:\/\/heidimayo.com\/topblog\/mothers-day-gifts\/","url_meta":{"origin":1714,"position":0},"title":"Mother’s Day Gifts","author":"heidimayo","date":"May 15, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"I was so busy with the show, I forgot to post all the great student work from the past few weeks. \u00a0I had to keep these Mother's Day works under wraps. \u00a0Some lucky mothers out there got some great artwork! \u00a0Eventually I will figure out how to get these images\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "art lessons"","block_context":{"text":"art lessons","link":"https:\/\/heidimayo.com\/topblog\/category\/art-lessons\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/heidimayo.com\/topblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/mom-emma.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/heidimayo.com\/topblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/mom-emma.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/heidimayo.com\/topblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/mom-emma.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/heidimayo.com\/topblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/mom-emma.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/heidimayo.com\/topblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/mom-emma.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3465,"url":"https:\/\/heidimayo.com\/topblog\/still-summer\/","url_meta":{"origin":1714,"position":1},"title":"Still Summer","author":"heidimayo","date":"August 20, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"With the summer six behind us, I'm enjoying having a couple of weeks off to tackle my long list of things to do around the house, and start planning for after school classes. \u00a0I hope to change it up a little bit this year, try some new ideas while still\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "art lessons"","block_context":{"text":"art lessons","link":"https:\/\/heidimayo.com\/topblog\/category\/art-lessons\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/heidimayo.com\/topblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/5-akyla.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/heidimayo.com\/topblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/5-akyla.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/heidimayo.com\/topblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/5-akyla.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1243,"url":"https:\/\/heidimayo.com\/topblog\/beautiful-birds\/","url_meta":{"origin":1714,"position":2},"title":"Beautiful Birds","author":"heidimayo","date":"February 10, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"I love to teach the masters, as we have so much to learn from them. \u00a0Mike Beeman\u00a0is one of my very favorite contemporary masters. 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