{"id":6,"date":"2008-02-22T17:54:07","date_gmt":"2008-02-22T22:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/?p=6"},"modified":"2015-12-27T23:03:51","modified_gmt":"2015-12-28T04:03:51","slug":"fading-flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/2008\/02\/fading-flowers\/","title":{"rendered":"Fading Flowers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/rose5857_1-2cb.JPG\" title=\"Fading Flower Photo 2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/rose5857_1-2cb.JPG\" alt=\"Fading Flower Photo 2\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/roseillus5859-2cb.JPG\" title=\"Flower Illustration\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/roseillus5859-2cb.JPG\" alt=\"Flower Illustration\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Valentine&#8217;s Day just passed as did my birthday. I noticed these beautiful roses and flowers were in full bloom but starting to fade.  I  loved how they looked against the colors of the background&#8211;a happy accident. They inspired me to do a quick illustration, which became the first entry in my new sketchbook. I had just completed my old one that I started 10 years ago. It&#8217;s my goal to do more illustrations on a regular basis. This will help keep my drawing abilities in practice.  Coincidentally, this blog should help with that effort&#8230;One thing usually leads to another.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Valentine&#8217;s Day just passed as did my birthday. I noticed these beautiful roses and flowers were in full bloom but starting to fade. I loved how they looked against the colors of the background&#8211;a happy accident. They inspired me to do a quick illustration, which became the first entry in my new sketchbook. I had just completed my old one that I started 10 years ago. 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