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At the weekend I had the urge to start a new project so decided to rummage through my many boxes of art blanks…canvas’s, wooden cutouts, terracotta…you name it I have a dozen of them lol, and I came across a medium terracotta saucer that I knew (from past experience) would be fun to paint a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p71bqO-D","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2863,"url":"https:\/\/www.thepaintpalette.co.uk\/static\/blog\/wowed-by-my-floral-beginners\/","url_meta":{"origin":39,"position":0},"title":"Wowed by my floral beginners","date":"29th January 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Last Thursday was the last class in my three week Floral Beginners Course. \u00a0In week one my ladies, learnt how to hold and load their brushes correctly and paint simple petal strokes onto card....I'm not sure if they were expecting homework but they got it.....as the saying goes....practice makes perfect\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Acrylics"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepaintpalette.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/finishedAll.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":87,"url":"https:\/\/www.thepaintpalette.co.uk\/static\/blog\/whats-on-your-workdesk-wednesday-204\/","url_meta":{"origin":39,"position":1},"title":"What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday, 204?","date":"1st May 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Hi everyoneI haven't had a chance to sit in my studio and 'play' this week so thought I would share my 'Decorated Driftwood' class that I held yesterday. 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