{"id":18135,"date":"2013-05-22T16:49:12","date_gmt":"2013-05-22T21:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=18135"},"modified":"2013-05-22T16:51:20","modified_gmt":"2013-05-22T21:51:20","slug":"i-painted-this-and-you-helped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=18135","title":{"rendered":"I Painted This, and You Helped"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Back in February we wrote a blog post about how to create a still life (<a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2013\/02\/20\/creating-a-still-life\/\">here<\/a>). \u00a0My neighbor is also my art teacher. \u00a0One afternoon she came over, and we spent some time using my items to create different vignettes, and I photographed them. \u00a0Then, I narrowed it down to my two favorites and asked our readers to decide which one I should paint.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-18136\" alt=\"IMG_4708-1024x681\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_4708-1024x681.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_4708-1024x681.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_4708-1024x681-430x285.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">You chose this one.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-18138\" alt=\"IMG_5609\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_5609-1024x791.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_5609-1024x791.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/IMG_5609-417x323.jpg 417w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">And I painted it with a little influence from Matisse.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-18139\" alt=\"Still Life Collage\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Still-Life-Collage-1024x512.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Still-Life-Collage-1024x512.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Still-Life-Collage-430x215.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">You can see that I removed the sugar packets and added tea to the cup. \u00a0This was the first painting that I did loosely, and it was fun to not have to be as exact and precise as I tried to be before. \u00a0If you would like to see a few of my other paintings, you can go<a title=\"Funny Farm Barn\" href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2013\/02\/18\/funny-farm-barn\/\"> here<\/a>, <a title=\"Meet Marie Bee\" href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2012\/11\/14\/meet-marie-bee\/\">here<\/a>, and \u00a0<a title=\"Meet Samantha\" href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2012\/10\/03\/meet-samantha\/\">here<\/a>.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Take care.<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Linking to\u00a0<a title=\"No Minimalist Here\" href=\"http:\/\/nominimalisthere.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"No Minimalist Here\" src=\"http:\/\/i951.photobucket.com\/albums\/ad357\/NoMinimalist\/houseart-2.jpg\" width=\"120\" height=\"119\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in February we wrote a blog post about how to create a still life (here). \u00a0My neighbor is also my art teacher. \u00a0One afternoon she came over, and we spent some time using my items to create different vignettes, and I photographed them. \u00a0Then, I narrowed it down 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