{"id":1836,"date":"2016-07-27T22:03:18","date_gmt":"2016-07-28T05:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/?p=1836"},"modified":"2016-07-28T08:11:15","modified_gmt":"2016-07-28T15:11:15","slug":"bits-and-pieces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/27\/bits-and-pieces\/","title":{"rendered":"Bits and pieces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the really difficult parts about cleaning out my studio is figuring out what to do with all those bits of experiments that\u00a0I&#8217;d like to develop further. A few cases in point:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1837\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1837\" style=\"width: 86px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-27-mixed-neutrals-c-2010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1837\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/27\/bits-and-pieces\/2016-07-27-mixed-neutrals-c-2010\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-27-mixed-neutrals-c-2010.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"400,1388\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2016-07-27-mixed-neutrals-c-2010\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Mixed neutrals, c. 2010&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-27-mixed-neutrals-c-2010-295x1024.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-1837 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-27-mixed-neutrals-c-2010-86x300.jpg\" alt=\"Mixed neutrals, c. 2010\" width=\"86\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-27-mixed-neutrals-c-2010-86x300.jpg 86w, https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-27-mixed-neutrals-c-2010-295x1024.jpg 295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 86px) 100vw, 86px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1837\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mixed neutrals, c. 2010<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1838\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1838\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-27-old-daily-lettering-c-10-2013.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1838\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/27\/bits-and-pieces\/2016-07-27-old-daily-lettering-c-10-2013\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-27-old-daily-lettering-c-10-2013.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,675\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2016-07-27-old-daily-lettering-c-10-2013\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Some color and painting studies. Judging by the use of the term &amp;#8220;sequestration&amp;#8221;, I&amp;#8217;m guessing these were done October 2013.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-27-old-daily-lettering-c-10-2013-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1838\" src=\"http:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-27-old-daily-lettering-c-10-2013-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Some color and painting studies. Judging by the use of the term &quot;sequestration&quot;, I'm guessing these were done October 2013.\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-27-old-daily-lettering-c-10-2013-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-27-old-daily-lettering-c-10-2013-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-27-old-daily-lettering-c-10-2013-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-27-old-daily-lettering-c-10-2013.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1838\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some color and painting studies. Judging by the use of the term &#8220;sequestration&#8221;, I&#8217;m guessing these were done October 2013.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1841\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1841\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-27-Picasso-quote-Shahn-lettering-09-2013.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1841\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/27\/bits-and-pieces\/2016-07-27-picasso-quote-shahn-lettering-09-2013\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-27-Picasso-quote-Shahn-lettering-09-2013.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,959\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2016-07-27-Picasso-quote-Shahn-lettering-09-2013\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Some lettering for a few birthday cards. I guess these didn&amp;#8217;t make the final cut. September 2013. Note the same colors as the previous bit, bearing out my date guess for that one.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-27-Picasso-quote-Shahn-lettering-09-2013.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1841\" src=\"http:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-27-Picasso-quote-Shahn-lettering-09-2013-250x300.jpg\" alt=\"Some lettering for a few birthday cards. I guess these didn't make the final cut. September 2013. Note the same colors as the previous bit, bearing out my date guess for that one.\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-27-Picasso-quote-Shahn-lettering-09-2013-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-27-Picasso-quote-Shahn-lettering-09-2013-768x921.jpg 768w, https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-27-Picasso-quote-Shahn-lettering-09-2013.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1841\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some lettering for a few birthday cards. I guess these didn&#8217;t make the final cut. September 2013. Note the same colors as the previous bit, bearing out my date guess for that one.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1842\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1842\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-27-old-puttering-in-studio-c-2010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1842\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/27\/bits-and-pieces\/2016-07-27-old-puttering-in-studio-c-2010\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-27-old-puttering-in-studio-c-2010.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,671\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2016-07-27-old-puttering-in-studio-c-2010\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;I think this was from 2010 as part of a series of logo marks. Further details are lost in the mists of time, but I seem recall something about mixing Jet Black gouache and sumi ink. Still, I like the liveliness of the lines.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-27-old-puttering-in-studio-c-2010.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1842\" src=\"http:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-27-old-puttering-in-studio-c-2010-300x252.jpg\" alt=\"I think this was from 2010 as part of a series of logo marks. Further details are lost in the mists of time, but I seem recall something about mixing Jet Black gouache and sumi ink. Still, I like the liveliness of the lines.\" width=\"300\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-27-old-puttering-in-studio-c-2010-300x252.jpg 300w, https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-27-old-puttering-in-studio-c-2010-768x644.jpg 768w, https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-27-old-puttering-in-studio-c-2010.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1842\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I think this was from 2010 as part of a series of logo marks. Further details are lost in the mists of time, but I seem recall something about mixing Jet Black gouache and sumi ink. Still, I like the liveliness of the lines.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1843\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1843\" style=\"width: 214px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-27-post-Yallop-probably-experimenting-c-late-2014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1843\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/27\/bits-and-pieces\/2016-07-27-post-yallop-probably-experimenting-c-late-2014\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-27-post-Yallop-probably-experimenting-c-late-2014.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,1121\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2016-07-27-post-Yallop-probably-experimenting-c-late-2014\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Walnut ink on drawing paper. Looks like I was probably processing what we had worked on in Rachel Yallop&amp;#8217;s class at Legacies II conference in 2014.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-27-post-Yallop-probably-experimenting-c-late-2014-731x1024.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1843\" src=\"http:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-27-post-Yallop-probably-experimenting-c-late-2014-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"Walnut ink on drawing paper. Looks like I was probably processing what we had worked on in Rachel Yallop's class at Legacies II conference in 2014.\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-27-post-Yallop-probably-experimenting-c-late-2014-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-27-post-Yallop-probably-experimenting-c-late-2014-768x1076.jpg 768w, https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-27-post-Yallop-probably-experimenting-c-late-2014-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-27-post-Yallop-probably-experimenting-c-late-2014.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1843\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Walnut ink on drawing paper. Looks like I was probably processing what we had worked on in Rachel Yallop&#8217;s class at Legacies II conference in 2014.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And finally, in case you were wondering whether I&#8217;m still doing daily alphabets &#8230;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1845\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1845\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-27-daily-alphabet.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1845\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/27\/bits-and-pieces\/2016-07-27-daily-alphabet\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-27-daily-alphabet.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,667\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2016-07-27-daily-alphabet\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Coicoro brush pen on Strathmore Drawing 300 paper, 11&amp;#8243; x 14&amp;#8243;.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-27-daily-alphabet-1024x569.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-27-daily-alphabet-300x167.jpg\" alt=\"Coicoro brush pen on Strathmore Drawing 300 paper, 11&quot; x 14&quot;.\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1845\" srcset=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-27-daily-alphabet-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-27-daily-alphabet-768x427.jpg 768w, https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-27-daily-alphabet-1024x569.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-07-27-daily-alphabet.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1845\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coicoro brush pen on Strathmore Drawing 300 paper, 11&#8243; x 14&#8243;.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As always, click on an image for a closer look.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the really difficult parts about cleaning out my studio is figuring out what to do with all those bits of experiments that\u00a0I&#8217;d like to develop further. A few cases in point: And finally, in case you were wondering whether I&#8217;m still doing daily alphabets &#8230; As always, click on an image for a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/27\/bits-and-pieces\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Bits and pieces&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8],"tags":[128],"class_list":["post-1836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lettering","tag-2016-daily-lettering"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9bHT3-tC","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1836\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}