{"id":2330,"date":"2020-07-23T15:31:49","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T15:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emmasuchart.com\/?p=2330"},"modified":"2020-08-17T10:38:58","modified_gmt":"2020-08-17T10:38:58","slug":"a-looser-way-of-drawing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emmasuch.com\/?p=2330","title":{"rendered":"A Looser Way of Drawing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"http:\/\/emmasuchart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/94E7D924-F608-4B37-A49C-1E5D3E62B518-895x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2331 lazyload\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"895\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/emmasuchart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/94E7D924-F608-4B37-A49C-1E5D3E62B518-895x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2331 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emmasuch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/94E7D924-F608-4B37-A49C-1E5D3E62B518-895x1024.jpg 895w, https:\/\/emmasuch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/94E7D924-F608-4B37-A49C-1E5D3E62B518-262x300.jpg 262w, https:\/\/emmasuch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/94E7D924-F608-4B37-A49C-1E5D3E62B518-768x879.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emmasuch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/94E7D924-F608-4B37-A49C-1E5D3E62B518-1342x1536.jpg 1342w, https:\/\/emmasuch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/94E7D924-F608-4B37-A49C-1E5D3E62B518-1789x2048.jpg 1789w, https:\/\/emmasuch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/94E7D924-F608-4B37-A49C-1E5D3E62B518-236x270.jpg 236w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 895px) 100vw, 895px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption><em>Self-Portrait <\/em>Pencil (2020)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes when I&#8217;ve had enough of spending hours on an artwork I like to speed up the process and work more spontaneously. 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