{"id":9862,"date":"2026-01-12T14:01:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T19:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heidimayo.com\/topblog\/?p=9862"},"modified":"2026-01-12T14:01:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T19:01:23","slug":"perspective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heidimayo.com\/topblog\/perspective\/","title":{"rendered":"Perspective!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Kids did a great job using one-point perspective in their works. We’ll be doing foreshortening this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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CLASS SCHEDULE
TUESDAY<\/strong>, Jan 13,\u00a04-5:30 Down & Dirty with pastels\u00a0UPSIDE-DOWN SANTA
Amy
Grace
Drew
Viv
Bea
Emma
Jillian
FULL
WEDNESDAY<\/strong>, Jan 14,\u00a03:30-5:30 Advanced Art Salon
Megan
Caroline
Molly J
Lilah
Fanoula
Dylan
FULL
THURSDAY<\/strong>, Jan 15, 4-5:30 Down & Dirty with pastels
Char
Peyton
(no Ellis)
Cece
Penny
Elana
Molly H
FULL
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TUESDAY<\/strong>, Jan 20,\u00a04-5:30 Down & Dirty with pastels\u00a0UPSIDE-DOWN SANTA
Amy
Grace
Drew
Viv
Bea
Emma
Jillian
FULL
WEDNESDAY<\/strong>, Jan 21,\u00a03:30-5:30 Advanced Art Salon
Megan
Caroline
Molly J
Lilah
Fanoula
Dylan
FULL
THURSDAY<\/strong>, Jan 22, 4-5:30 Down & Dirty with pastels
Char
(no Peyton)
Ellis
Cece
Penny
Elana
Molly H
FULL
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TUESDAY<\/strong>, Jan 27,\u00a04-5:30 Down & Dirty with pastels\u00a0UPSIDE-DOWN SANTA
Amy
Grace
Drew
Viv
Bea
Emma
Jillian
FULL
WEDNESDAY<\/strong>, Jan 28,\u00a03:30-5:30 Advanced Art Salon
Megan
Caroline
Molly J
Lilah
Fanoula
Dylan
FULL
THURSDAY<\/strong>, Jan 29, 4-5:30 Down & Dirty with pastels
Char
Peyton
Ellis
Cece
Penny
Elana
Molly H
FULL<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kids did a great job using one-point perspective in their works. We’ll be doing foreshortening…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9864,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[141,3,6],"tags":[126,23,19,26],"class_list":["post-9862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pastel-painting","category-student-work","category-schedule","tag-art-classes-for-kids-in-plymouth-ma","tag-kids-art","tag-pastel-painting","tag-top-of-the-world"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/heidimayo.com\/topblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/per-cece.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7nyYC-2z4","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6727,"url":"https:\/\/heidimayo.com\/topblog\/weekly-update-46\/","url_meta":{"origin":9862,"position":0},"title":"Weekly Update","author":"heidimayo","date":"January 29, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Good news: I've been in contact with the event planner of\u00a0the Harborwalk apartments at the Cordage. 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