{"id":351,"date":"2009-08-15T11:04:12","date_gmt":"2009-08-15T11:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.london-artcollege.co.uk\/news\/?p=351"},"modified":"2009-09-19T13:57:39","modified_gmt":"2009-09-19T13:57:39","slug":"observation-drawing-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.london-artcollege.co.uk\/news\/2009\/08\/observation-drawing-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"Observation Drawing Skills&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These drawings are from a student who is studying on the Pet Portrait Diploma. All students are encouraged to draw anything and everything that inspires them on a daily basis to help improve their observations drawing skills and their pencil techniques. Capturing animals is a tricky task and so to be able to hone your drawing skills by drawing every day objects really helps in a student&#8217;s development. 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