{"id":4747,"date":"2020-11-30T14:04:25","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T19:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heidimayo.com\/topblog\/?p=4747"},"modified":"2020-11-30T14:04:25","modified_gmt":"2020-11-30T19:04:25","slug":"the-season-is-upon-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heidimayo.com\/topblog\/the-season-is-upon-us\/","title":{"rendered":"The season is upon us!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I hope everyone had a pleasant Thanksgiving, and stayed away from covid carriers. We&#8217;ll be focusing on holiday stuff for the next three weeks, creating card designs and gifts. If you are wondering what to get a reading friend, there&#8217;s always <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Nelson-Telson-Story-True-Blood\/dp\/1499538448\">Nelson Telson &#8211; The Story of a True Blue Blood<\/a><\/strong><\/span>. I have a few copies here ($15), and happy to sign.<br \/>\nMany of the artworks created over these next few weeks will be gifts, so we&#8217;ll be keeping them under wraps. Enjoy these gorgeous turkeys, and see the schedule below.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4750\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/heidimayo.com\/topblog\/the-season-is-upon-us\/turk-brooke-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/heidimayo.com\/topblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/turk-brooke.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot ELPH 190 IS&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1606241331&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;7.006&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;500&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.05&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"turk-brooke\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/heidimayo.com\/topblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/turk-brooke-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/heidimayo.com\/topblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/turk-brooke.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4750\" src=\"https:\/\/heidimayo.com\/topblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/turk-brooke-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heidimayo.com\/topblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/turk-brooke-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/heidimayo.com\/topblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/turk-brooke-210x158.jpg 210w, https:\/\/heidimayo.com\/topblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/turk-brooke.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4751\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/heidimayo.com\/topblog\/the-season-is-upon-us\/turk-char\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/heidimayo.com\/topblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/turk-char.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot ELPH 190 IS&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1606240230&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.381&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;500&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.05&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"turk-char\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/heidimayo.com\/topblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/turk-char-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/heidimayo.com\/topblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/turk-char.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4751\" src=\"https:\/\/heidimayo.com\/topblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/turk-char-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heidimayo.com\/topblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/turk-char-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/heidimayo.com\/topblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/turk-char-210x158.jpg 210w, https:\/\/heidimayo.com\/topblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/turk-char.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>CLASS SCHEDULE<br \/>\nTHIS WEEK \u2013 Yikes, it\u2019s already December!<\/strong> We&#8217;ll be making seasonal paintings for holiday cards for the next two weeks. Students get 4 cards w\/ envelopes to impress their friends and relatives. I am also happy to send the pdf file so you can print more.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, Dec 1, 4:00-5:30\u00a0 \u2013 Down &amp; Dirty<br \/>\n<\/strong>Charlotte<br \/>\nLila<br \/>\nBrooke<br \/>\nKayden<br \/>\nFULL<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday, Dec 2, 3:45-5:30 \u2013 Advanced Artists<br \/>\n<\/strong>Delving deep into expressionism \u2013 taking feelings and portraying them visually<br \/>\nEmma P<br \/>\nJack<br \/>\nSarah G \u2013 welcome!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday, Dec 3, 4-5:30 \u2013 Down &amp; Dirty<br \/>\n<\/strong>Graeme A<br \/>\nDylan &amp;\u00a0Griffyn<br \/>\nElizabeth &amp; Faith<br \/>\nFULL<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>NEXT WEEK<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, Dec 8, 4:00-5:30\u00a0 \u2013 Down &amp; Dirty<br \/>\n<\/strong>Charlotte<br \/>\nLila<br \/>\nBrooke<br \/>\nKayden<br \/>\nFULL<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday, Dec 9, 3:45-5:30 \u2013 Advanced Artists<\/strong><br \/>\nEmma P<br \/>\nJack<br \/>\nSarah G?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday, Dec 10, 4-5:30 \u2013 Down &amp; Dirty<br \/>\n<\/strong>Graeme A<br \/>\nDylan &amp;\u00a0Griffyn<br \/>\nIzzy<br \/>\nElena<br \/>\nFULL<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday, Dec 12 &#8211; 3-5:30<\/strong> Ryan private<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>WEEK AFTER NEXT &#8211; upside down Santa and seasonal stuff<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, Dec 15, 4:00-5:30\u00a0 \u2013 Down &amp; Dirty<br \/>\n<\/strong>Charlotte<br \/>\nLila<br \/>\nBrooke<br \/>\nKayden<br \/>\nFULL<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday, Dec 16, 3:45-5:30 \u2013 Advanced Artists<\/strong><br \/>\nEmma P<br \/>\nJack<br \/>\nSarah G?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday, Dec 17, 4-5:30 \u2013 Down &amp; Dirty<br \/>\n<\/strong>Graeme A<br \/>\nDylan &amp;\u00a0Griffyn<br \/>\nFaith &amp; Elizabeth<br \/>\nFULL<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I hope everyone had a pleasant Thanksgiving, and stayed away from covid carriers. We&#8217;ll be&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4751,"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":[3,6],"tags":[17,18,26,51],"class_list":["post-4747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-student-work","category-schedule","tag-art-classes","tag-art-for-kids","tag-top-of-the-world","tag-weekly-schedule"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/heidimayo.com\/topblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/turk-char.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7nyYC-1ez","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2318,"url":"https:\/\/heidimayo.com\/topblog\/auction-items-schedule\/","url_meta":{"origin":4747,"position":0},"title":"Auction items &#038; schedule","author":"heidimayo","date":"April 29, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Last week the kids made auction items. 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