{"id":841,"date":"2025-10-27T14:25:37","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T13:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hiursula.com\/?p=841"},"modified":"2025-10-27T14:25:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T13:25:37","slug":"drawtober-2025-3-sponge-technique-break-with-birds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hiursula.com\/?p=841","title":{"rendered":"Drawtober 2025 #3 &#8211; Sponge technique break with birds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A brief break from my main topic: a lapwing and a red-backed shrike, made with my own template and printed using the sponge technique and ink. 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