{"id":16143,"date":"2022-04-14T17:59:07","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T21:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/?p=16143"},"modified":"2022-04-14T18:06:23","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T22:06:23","slug":"paack-kicks-off-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/archives\/16143","title":{"rendered":"PAACK kicks off 2022 season!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Dixon_Nook_interim.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Dixon_Nook_interim.jpg\" title=\"interim stage of my first plein air collage of the year\" height=\"292\" hspace=\"15\" align=\"right\" vspace=\"9\" width=\"251\"\/><\/a>I really enjoyed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/?s=PAACK\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">PAACK<\/a>\u2019s chilly kickoff outing at the home of Mrs. Penn. As everyone began to focus on her exploding flower beds, I turned my attention in the other direction (for some odd reason). I couldn\u2019t deny an interest in her staging nook near a teal fence (in the same way I was captivated by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/archives\/15332\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">the back of Tillie\u2019s garage<\/a> last year). I\u2019m completing the collage I started that day, and it will be a challenge to finish it for our summer show within the 50:50 limitation. I wouldn\u2019t mind interpreting the gardening table, but I\u2019ll need to omit that element to pull this off. I\u2019d rather \u201cmove\u201d the nearby bird feeder into my composition for a splash of complementary color, and also to find some way, within the remaining time, to \u201cpaint\u201d the hay bales with paper ingredients.<\/p>\n<p><em>Do I have to count the minutes I spend staring at my reference photo?<\/em><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Dixon_Nook_reference.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Dixon_Nook_reference.jpg\" title=\"Here\u2019s my reference image for the miniature in progress: Mrs. Penn\u2019s gardening nook.\" width=\"166\" height=\"181\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-16151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Dixon_Nook_reference.jpg 666w, https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Dixon_Nook_reference-300x327.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 166px) 100vw, 166px\" \/><\/a> &nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Dixon_Nook_feeder.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Dixon_Nook_feeder.jpg\" title=\"I\u2019ve decided to \u2018move\u2019 the nearby bird feeder into my composition for a splash of complementary color.\" width=\"166\" height=\"181\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-16150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Dixon_Nook_feeder.jpg 666w, https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Dixon_Nook_feeder-300x327.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 166px) 100vw, 166px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 89%; line-height: 144%; margin-top: 160px; margin-bottom: 44px; color: #80716E; padding-left: 0px;\" align=\"left\">My 50:50 time constraint will necessitate simplification,<br \/>but inserting the colorful bird feeder is a given!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I really enjoyed PAACK\u2019s chilly kickoff outing at the home of Mrs. Penn. As everyone began to focus on her exploding flower beds, I turned my attention in the other direction (for some odd reason). I couldn\u2019t deny an interest in her staging nook near a teal fence (in the same way I was captivated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,216,18,249],"tags":[322,90,308,316,317,313,415,418,318,96,321,639],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16143"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16143"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16176,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16143\/revisions\/16176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}