{"id":9329,"date":"2019-11-01T11:00:11","date_gmt":"2019-11-01T09:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paintable.cc\/?p=9329"},"modified":"2022-05-24T08:52:24","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T15:52:24","slug":"sketching-for-beginners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paintable.cc\/sketching-for-beginners\/","title":{"rendered":"Sketching For Beginners: 5 Tips to Level-Up Your Drawings"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9329\" class=\"elementor elementor-9329\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bddcd7e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bddcd7e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-02475cf\" data-id=\"02475cf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7146dd blog-hook-header elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d7146dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">You know it\u2026 I know it\u2026 sketching with a tablet isn't easy!<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-295d4a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"295d4a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">But it doesn&#8217;t have to be so hard.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">We 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