Cleveland Museum of Art Opens Renovations<\/span><\/a><\/div>I’m nearly finished with Washington Square and daubed on it despite the low energy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I’ve been under the weather for several days and haven’t painted much. I’ve gotten ill the last several birthdays it seems. I did get a little painting done, but not much, like I said. During typical painting days, the more I work, the more energy I have. Painting is like exercise that way. 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On the Square is\u00a0part of my Playhouse Square series. There are 15 figures in the 48\" x 60\" painting (16 if you count a figure reflected in a window).\u00a0I've spent most of the past two weeks working on this painting.\u00a0I\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "materials"","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\/2016\/01\/studio-2016-1-4.jpg?fit=800%2C636&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/studio-2016-1-4.jpg?fit=800%2C636&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/studio-2016-1-4.jpg?fit=800%2C636&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/studio-2016-1-4.jpg?fit=800%2C636&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4204,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2014\/10\/in-the-studio-10514\/","url_meta":{"origin":5616,"position":1},"title":"In the studio 10\/5\/14","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"October 5, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I've been working on this painting, Washington Square, for some time. The underpainting is far enough along to show it. It's 44\" x 56\". I'm 6'2,\" so you can get a sense of the painting's size. There are 12 figures and 7 pigeons in the work. There was a 13th\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Paintings"","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\/10\/studio-2014-10-5.jpg?fit=500%2C495&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4095,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2014\/09\/new-painting-washington-square\/","url_meta":{"origin":5616,"position":2},"title":"New painting Washington Square","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"September 14, 2014","format":"status","excerpt":"I had\u00a0several painting sessions with a new painting titled Washington Square. I finished the drawing yesterday morning (6th or 7th drawing session) and started straightaway on the painting. The 44\" x 60\" has twelve figures--and pigeons! It's not far enough along to show yet. The painting is very rough and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Paintings"","block_context":{"text":"Paintings","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/category\/paintings\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6314,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2016\/08\/in-the-studio-8716\/","url_meta":{"origin":5616,"position":3},"title":"In the studio 8\/7\/16","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"August 7, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"After working on a painting, I set it aside to dry for a day before taking it up again. \u00a0But when a painting is large, I can work on it for several days in succession. \u00a0Yesterday, I worked on On the Square\u00a0and\u00a0because of its size, 48\" x 60,\"\u00a0I was able\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Paintings"","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\/2016\/08\/studio-2016-8-7.jpg?fit=666%2C681&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/studio-2016-8-7.jpg?fit=666%2C681&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/studio-2016-8-7.jpg?fit=666%2C681&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4957,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2015\/04\/in-the-studio-4515\/","url_meta":{"origin":5616,"position":4},"title":"In the studio 4\/5\/15","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"April 5, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I got some painting time this Easter morning with Washington Square. The under-painting is finished except for the figures behind and to the right of the white-shirted foreground figure. I finally(!) like the background beyond the pool. 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