{"id":418,"date":"2008-02-16T19:15:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-17T02:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/really-look\/"},"modified":"2016-08-30T07:54:41","modified_gmt":"2016-08-30T14:54:41","slug":"really-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/really-look\/","title":{"rendered":"Really Look!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div > Friend Julie is really taking her course with Gabrielle Swain seriously. I wouldn&#8217;t expect any less, of course. It is great that she is sharing. I have been working on REALLY looking at things when I draw in my journal and this post talks about the same thing. I think I can never have enough reminders to slow down, really look at things plus what Julie says here about distilling things down to what you really need. <\/div>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;\">\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><!-- BEGIN_CLIP_CONTENT ID:6FE10C6C-02E0-4B9D-9A60-087A4605A71C:0 CLIPMARKS.COM --><\/p>\n<div class=\"CM_CTB_Content_Wrap\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;\">\n<div style=\"border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http:\/\/clipmarks.com\/images\/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;\" ><a href=\"http:\/\/clipmarks.com\/clip-to-blog\/\" title=\"clipmarks' clip-to-blog\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/content.clipmarks.com\/blog_icon\/a41f6c3d-5fd4-4afa-b6c4-ba38db4b08b8\/6FE10C6C-02E0-4B9D-9A60-087A4605A71C\/\" alt=\"\" width=\"19\" height=\"19\" border=\"0\" style=\"vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;\" \/><\/a>clipped from <a title=\"http:\/\/highfibercontent.blogspot.com\/2008\/02\/after-rain-closeup.html\" href=\"http:\/\/highfibercontent.blogspot.com\/2008\/02\/after-rain-closeup.html\" style=\"font-size: 11px;\">highfibercontent.blogspot.com<\/a><\/div>\n<blockquote style=\"text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;\" cite=\"http:\/\/highfibercontent.blogspot.com\/2008\/02\/after-rain-closeup.html\">\n<h2>After the Rain, A Closeup<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;\"><\/div>\n<blockquote style=\"text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;\" cite=\"http:\/\/highfibercontent.blogspot.com\/2008\/02\/after-rain-closeup.html\">\n<div>\t\t\t  <a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_2p_c-cxIF6A\/R7XEeNCswFI\/AAAAAAAABuQ\/htY0I9ImvoI\/s1600-h\/prideofmaderaraindrop.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_2p_c-cxIF6A\/R7XEeNCswFI\/AAAAAAAABuQ\/htY0I9ImvoI\/s320\/prideofmaderaraindrop.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5167252170653614162\" \/><\/a> One of the assignments I&#8217;ve gotten to do for the Creative Sparks class with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gabrielleswain.blogspot.com\/\">Gabrielle Swain ,<\/a>  was to take a macro walk around outside with my digital camera.  Looking for the details.  The veins in the leaves.  The essential shapes. Taking out the big picture look and lasering down to the basics.  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I wouldn&#8217;t expect any less, of course. It is great that she is sharing. I have been working on REALLY looking at things when I draw in my journal and this post talks about the same thing. 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