{"id":5252,"date":"2015-07-11T12:55:55","date_gmt":"2015-07-11T16:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/?p=5252"},"modified":"2015-07-11T12:55:55","modified_gmt":"2015-07-11T16:55:55","slug":"in-the-studio-71115","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2015\/07\/in-the-studio-71115\/","title":{"rendered":"In the studio 7\/11\/15"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I finished <em>Dinner in Trenton<\/em> this morning. &nbsp;Today&rsquo;s session was the 20th. &nbsp;<em>Dinner in Trenton<\/em> is 40&Prime; x 56.&rdquo; &nbsp;The ground was a little flat; I found myself fighting against it at times.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5253\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5253\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2015\/07\/in-the-studio-71115\/studio-2015-7-11\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5253\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5253\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/studio-2015-7-11.jpg?resize=500%2C750\" alt=\"The recently finished 'Dinner in Trenton'\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/studio-2015-7-11.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/studio-2015-7-11.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/studio-2015-7-11.jpg?resize=260%2C390&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/studio-2015-7-11.jpg?resize=160%2C240&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5253\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The recently finished &lsquo;Dinner in Trenton&rsquo;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I enjoyed painting the still-life immensely. The arrangement was interesting and sometimes it&rsquo;s just pure fun to paint accidental effects of light.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I finished Dinner in Trenton this morning. &nbsp;Today&rsquo;s session was the 20th. &nbsp;Dinner in Trenton is 40&Prime; x 56.&rdquo; &nbsp;The ground was a little flat; I found myself fighting against it at times. I enjoyed painting the still-life immensely. The arrangement was interesting and sometimes it&rsquo;s just pure fun to paint accidental effects of light.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":5253,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[251,6,24,19,1],"tags":[266],"class_list":["post-5252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aesthetics","category-paintings","category-shop_talk","category-studio","category-uncategorized","tag-finished-paintings"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/studio-2015-7-11.jpg?fit=500%2C750&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4123,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2014\/09\/in-the-studio-92114\/","url_meta":{"origin":5252,"position":0},"title":"In the studio 9\/21\/14","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"September 21, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I had several sessions with this painting, Dinner in Trenton, over the past few days. It was the\u00a0first opportunity to use my new Terkell\u00a0flats;\u00a0first-rate brushes--and affordability priced. How many more sessions? Hard to say. Working on a large painting (Dinner in Trenton is 42\" x 56\") is a series of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;materials&quot;","block_context":{"text":"materials","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/category\/materials\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/studio-2014-9-21.jpg?fit=500%2C655&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5062,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2015\/05\/in-the-studio-5315\/","url_meta":{"origin":5252,"position":1},"title":"In the studio 5\/3\/15","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"May 3, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I build paintings slowly. I spend a considerable amount of time on the drawing before touching a brush. Once painting starts, I try to work as efficiently as possible. It doesn't always work out--so much can go awry. But the point of so much preparation is go get a painting\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Bio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Bio","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/category\/bio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/studio-2015-5-2.jpg?fit=500%2C365&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3406,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2014\/03\/in-the-studio-33014\/","url_meta":{"origin":5252,"position":2},"title":"In the studio 3\/30\/14","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"March 30, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is a photo of some recent work. The top painting is my son John aboard The Betty Jane. I applied paint to the large, middle painting or the first time yesterday. I spent the two previous days working on the drawing exclusively. It's called Dinner in Trenton. The bottom\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Bio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Bio","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/category\/bio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/studio-2014-3-30.jpg?fit=444%2C550&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3871,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2014\/07\/in-the-studio-7132014\/","url_meta":{"origin":5252,"position":3},"title":"In the studio 7\/13\/2014","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"July 13, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"As usual, here is a photo of recent unfinished work. I finished the background of Dinner in Trenton (large painting--44\" x 56\") yesterday. This morning I worked on Boat Hook (smaller painting. I continued working on the drawing for another large canvas--44\" x 60\". \u00a0I also stretched another 44\" x\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Paintings&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Paintings","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/category\/paintings\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/studio-7-13.jpg?fit=444%2C453&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2825,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2013\/12\/small-oil-sketch\/","url_meta":{"origin":5252,"position":4},"title":"Small oil sketch","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"December 12, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"This recently finished sketch is on a canvas board that was prepared as I described in an earlier post. I deviated from my normal medium with the addition of a small amount of stand oil. We lived close to the State hospital in Trenton for several years in a neighborhood\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Bio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Bio","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/category\/bio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/small_sketch.png?fit=444%2C374&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3549,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2014\/04\/in-the-studio-4202014\/","url_meta":{"origin":5252,"position":5},"title":"In the studio 4\/20\/2014","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"April 20, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The lower painting has along way to go; the raw umber ground is still visible beneath the figure on the lower-left and other places. It's 40\" x 56.\" The upper painting is nearing completion. It's called \"Explain\" or \"Plain\" or some such. The lower one is titled \"Dinner in Trenton,\"\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Paintings&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Paintings","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/category\/paintings\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/studio-2014-3-20.jpg?fit=444%2C657&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Gw6F-1mI","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5252\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}