{"id":1319,"date":"2015-06-04T01:49:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-04T08:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dinawakley.com\/?p=1319"},"modified":"2015-06-04T01:49:00","modified_gmt":"2015-06-04T08:49:00","slug":"abstracted-facequickly-painted-tips-on-loosening-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dinawakley.com\/?p=1319","title":{"rendered":"Abstracted face&#8230;quickly painted. Tips on loosening up."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Want to get more abstraction into your work? Ideas for loosening up:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hold your brush by the end (not down near the bristles). I get questions ALL the time about why my brushes have a nine-inch handle. The short answer is, that&#39;s how I wanted them. ha. I like a long handled brush because it&#39;s easier for me when I stand at my easel. And when you hold the brush by the end, you lose some control over it but you gain expression.<\/li>\n<li>Set a timer for 60 seconds and when the bell goes off, you&#39;re done! Work fast and intuitively!<\/li>\n<li>Don&#39;t fiddle and fix and overwork. Let it be. You can always do a new page.<\/li>\n<li>Paint with your arm and not your hand. Try moving the brush with your entire arm.<\/li>\n<li>Give up the idea of perfection. It&#39;s more fun to play than to be perfect.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/dinastamps.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451cff869e201bb08353502970d-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dina wakley 12\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d83451cff869e201bb08353502970d img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/dinastamps.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451cff869e201bb08353502970d-500wi\" title=\"Dina wakley 12\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/dinastamps.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451cff869e201bb0835350c970d-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dina wakley 13\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d83451cff869e201bb0835350c970d img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/dinastamps.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451cff869e201bb0835350c970d-500wi\" title=\"Dina wakley 13\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to get more abstraction into your work? Ideas for loosening up: Hold your brush by the end (not down&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dinawakley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dinawakley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dinawakley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dinawakley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dinawakley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dinawakley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1319\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dinawakley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dinawakley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dinawakley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}