{"id":37353,"date":"2021-09-13T16:43:12","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T16:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/members\/?page_id=37353"},"modified":"2026-04-06T13:33:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T13:33:34","slug":"the-oil-pastel-course-basic-forms","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/members\/the-oil-pastel-course-basic-forms","title":{"rendered":"The Oil Pastel Course &#8211; Basic Forms"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"coursetitlecontainer\">\n<div class=\"coursetitle\">\n<h1><span>The Oil Pastel Course:<\/span> Basic Forms<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"insertbackground\">\n<div class=\"removep\">\n<div class=\"videoflexwrapper\">\n<div class=\"videotop\">\n  <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/641231548?h=2bd4edb059\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div 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