{"id":112,"date":"2015-05-11T20:50:08","date_gmt":"2015-05-11T20:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sandraandersonillustration.com\/?p=112"},"modified":"2015-05-11T20:51:01","modified_gmt":"2015-05-11T20:51:01","slug":"flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sandraandersonillustration.com\/?p=112","title":{"rendered":"Virtual Nature Walk- Flowers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Hi Everyone!<\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><strong>Happy Mother&#8217;s Day<\/strong><\/span> to all the mommies who might be reading this and especially to my own mother who always encouraged me and my siblings to do what we love. Thanks, mom!<\/p>\n<p>Also, I was very spoiled this year- My husband got me a blender and pots &amp; soil for our patio garden! (I know, I know, not art supplies, but I have been very blessed to have everything I need right now to produce beautiful pieces for your viewing enjoyment ;)) Thanks, Honey!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As was requested through your votes last month, may I present\u00a0this study: <strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">FLOWERS!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sandraandersonillustration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_6009.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-113 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sandraandersonillustration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_6009-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6009\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sandraandersonillustration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_6009-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sandraandersonillustration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_6009-1024x765.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.sandraandersonillustration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_6009-588x439.jpg 588w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sandraandersonillustration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_6011-e1431376612228.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-116 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sandraandersonillustration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_6011-e1431376612228-300x217.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6011\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sandraandersonillustration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_6011-e1431376612228-300x217.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sandraandersonillustration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_6011-e1431376612228-1024x742.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.sandraandersonillustration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_6011-e1431376612228-588x426.jpg 588w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>These were rendered using ink and watercolor pencils.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">\u21d2Art Tip of the Day\u21d0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Work toward your goal. There are so many things in life that distract us from what is really important in our lives. If your goal is to be a children&#8217;s book illustrator (or writer or under-water basket weaver,) then make a plan and work toward making it happen. Get really good at what you do and find areas in you your life where you can show your stuff.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>What&#8217;s next??<\/h3>\n<p>Give me some feedback about what you&#8217;d like to see next month in the &#8220;Nature Series&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Trees<\/li>\n<li>Sea Mammals<\/li>\n<li>Marsupials<\/li>\n<li>Clouds<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for checking out my work, hope to see you again soon!<\/p>\n<p>~Sandra<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi Everyone! Happy Mother&#8217;s Day to all the mommies who might be reading this and especially to my own mother who always encouraged me and my siblings to do what &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sandraandersonillustration.com\/?p=112\" class=\"more-link\"><span>Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Virtual Nature Walk- Flowers<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[27],"class_list":["post-112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nature-series","tag-flowers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sandraandersonillustration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sandraandersonillustration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sandraandersonillustration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sandraandersonillustration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sandraandersonillustration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=112"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.sandraandersonillustration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":120,"href":"http:\/\/www.sandraandersonillustration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112\/revisions\/120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sandraandersonillustration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sandraandersonillustration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sandraandersonillustration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}