{"id":5238,"date":"2026-01-25T11:32:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T17:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jenniferlangart.com\/?p=5238"},"modified":"2026-01-25T11:32:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T17:32:06","slug":"where-the-sidewalk-ends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jenniferlangart.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/25\/where-the-sidewalk-ends\/","title":{"rendered":"Where the Sidewalk Ends"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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One of my favorite books is Shel Silverstein’s, Where the Sidewalk Ends (and of course A Light in the Attic).\u00a0 Any time I find the end of a sidewalk I’m reminded of that book and it brings a smile to my face.<\/p>

This spot is at the very end of my trail and it’s about a 3 mile walk just to get there.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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I started by sculpting the hills out of paper clay.\u00a0 I then painted the sky and blocked in some color for the background.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0I’ll use my quality acrylics to paint the background and the cheap ones for any part that’s sculpted.\u00a0\u00a0
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0I can’t get the vibrancy or saturation with the cheap ones, so they don’t work well for a painting.\u00a0 What I like about them is that I can get them in a matte finish which works better for scenery painting.\u00a0
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I used real sand from the trails and then added model scenery grasses.\u00a0 For the water I used several layers of Mod Podge.\u00a0 Lastly, I used pastels to weather the sidewalk.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Where the Sidewalk Ends One of my favorite books is Shel Silverstein’s, Where the Sidewalk Ends (and of course A Light in the Attic).\u00a0 Any time I find the end of a sidewalk I’m reminded of that book and it brings a smile to my face. This spot is at the very end of my […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5128,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"zakra_page_container_layout":"customizer","zakra_page_sidebar_layout":"customizer","zakra_remove_content_margin":false,"zakra_sidebar":"customizer","zakra_transparent_header":"customizer","zakra_logo":0,"zakra_main_header_style":"default","zakra_menu_item_color":"","zakra_menu_item_hover_color":"","zakra_menu_item_active_color":"","zakra_menu_active_style":"","zakra_page_header":true,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":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":""},"categories":[169,31],"tags":[49,148,171,173,160,203,180,241],"class_list":["post-5238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cigar-box-collection","category-hot-off-the-easel","tag-acrylic-paint","tag-art","tag-cigar-box","tag-cigar-box-art","tag-miniatures","tag-mod-podge","tag-paper-clay","tag-where-the-sidewalk-ends"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4149,"url":"https:\/\/jenniferlangart.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/28\/moody-nautili\/","url_meta":{"origin":5238,"position":0},"title":"Moody Nautili","author":"jenniferlang","date":"08\/28\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The nautilus is a marine mollusc that is able to dive over 2000ft deep.\u00a0 I wanted this cigar box to reflect the dark depths to which they go.\u00a0 I was inspired by an aquarium enclosure I saw long ago where they used a deep purple light to illuminate the nautilus\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Cigar Box Collection"","block_context":{"text":"Cigar Box Collection","link":"https:\/\/jenniferlangart.com\/index.php\/category\/cigar-box-collection\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jenniferlangart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Moody-Nautili-2.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jenniferlangart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Moody-Nautili-2.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jenniferlangart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Moody-Nautili-2.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jenniferlangart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Moody-Nautili-2.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4193,"url":"https:\/\/jenniferlangart.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/31\/cigar-box-lids-part-1\/","url_meta":{"origin":5238,"position":1},"title":"Cigar Box Lids Part 1","author":"jenniferlang","date":"08\/31\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Some of the cigar boxes had slide lids and I didn't want to waste them, so I'm painting on them. 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