{"id":6032,"date":"2016-04-24T19:00:11","date_gmt":"2016-04-24T23:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/?p=6032"},"modified":"2016-04-24T19:00:11","modified_gmt":"2016-04-24T23:00:11","slug":"in-the-studio-42416","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2016\/04\/in-the-studio-42416\/","title":{"rendered":"In the studio 4\/24\/16"},"content":{"rendered":"

My work today on Spring<\/em> was all blues: ultramarine blue-violet on the blouses of the outer-most figures; cerulean blue and black on the pants of the middle woman. Magnesium blue and Veronese green on the Bug. All cut with cool grays, of course.<\/p>\n

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The unfinished ‘Spring’<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I love Old Holland paint; they’re my favorite, but they’ve priced themselves out of my range with their lurid prices. These days I stick with the good mid-range brands: W & N, RGH, and Blue Ridge (I just placed an order for more Blue Ridge colors). I used to use Doak a lot too, but their customer service is nonexistent, so when I finish what I have, that’ll be it.<\/p>\n

Read more<\/span>Cleveland Museum of Art Opens Renovations<\/span><\/a><\/div>

I used Old Holland’s Madder Lake Deep on the central figure’s shirt and blouse. It’s a beautiful color that handles like a dream. Pigment density is rich and covers well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My work today on Spring was all blues: ultramarine blue-violet on the blouses of the outer-most figures; cerulean blue and black on the pants of the middle woman. Magnesium blue and Veronese green on the Bug. All cut with cool grays, of course. I love Old Holland paint; they’re my favorite, but they’ve priced themselves out of my […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":6029,"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":[208,6,24,19],"tags":[99,50,271],"class_list":["post-6032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-materials","category-paintings","category-shop_talk","category-studio","tag-oil-paint","tag-painting-material","tag-studio"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/studio-2016-4-24-a.jpg?fit=600%2C762&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7231,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2017\/07\/turpentine-diaries-73017\/","url_meta":{"origin":6032,"position":0},"title":"Turpentine diaries 7\/30\/17","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"July 30, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Sub Rosa, on the easel, is part of the Main Street series. \u00a0I've been using RGH's ultra-fine flake white regularly, which can be seen in the middle of the palette. \u00a0I like it. \u00a0Last week, I used the last of a tube of flake white from Blue Ridge, which is\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Main Street"","block_context":{"text":"Main Street","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/category\/main-street\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/studio-2017-7-30.jpg?fit=800%2C729&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/studio-2017-7-30.jpg?fit=800%2C729&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/studio-2017-7-30.jpg?fit=800%2C729&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/studio-2017-7-30.jpg?fit=800%2C729&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7916,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2018\/05\/turpentine-diaries-5-6-18\/","url_meta":{"origin":6032,"position":1},"title":"Turpentine diaries 5\/6\/18","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"May 7, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"This photo shows Crossing after my\u00a04th session. 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