{"id":6061,"date":"2016-05-22T19:03:09","date_gmt":"2016-05-22T23:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/?p=6061"},"modified":"2016-05-22T19:03:09","modified_gmt":"2016-05-22T23:03:09","slug":"in-the-studio-52216","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2016\/05\/in-the-studio-52216\/","title":{"rendered":"In the studio 5\/22\/16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This painting, <em>Two Women at Playhouse Square<\/em> is 30&#8243; x 36.&#8221; \u00a0As the name implies, it&#8217;s part of my Playhouse Square series. \u00a0I did the smaller study in neutral grays earlier this year. \u00a0The painting is still rough, but you can see its bones.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6059\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6059\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2-small-paintings\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6059\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2-small-paintings.jpg?resize=500%2C807\" alt=\"A painting with a small study of the sane subject\" width=\"500\" height=\"807\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2-small-paintings.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2-small-paintings.jpg?resize=186%2C300&amp;ssl=1 186w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2-small-paintings.jpg?resize=260%2C420&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2-small-paintings.jpg?resize=160%2C258&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6059\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A painting with a small study of the same subject<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #f5f6f5;\">Sculpture and other architectural touches fill t<\/span>he area around Cleveland&#8217;s\u00a0Playhouse Square, like the\u00a0pyramid\u00a0shapes in the background. \u00a0The area is delightful if you have a painter&#8217;s eye. \u00a0The light in Cleveland is very good, as it is in all northern cities. \u00a0That&#8217;s when it&#8217;s not overcast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This painting, Two Women at Playhouse Square is 30&#8243; x 36.&#8221; \u00a0As the name implies, it&#8217;s part of my Playhouse Square series. \u00a0I did the smaller study in neutral grays earlier this year. \u00a0The painting is still rough, but you can see its bones. Sculpture and other architectural touches fill the area around Cleveland&#8217;s\u00a0Playhouse Square, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":6059,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[10,6,19],"tags":[271],"class_list":["post-6061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cleveland","category-paintings","category-studio","tag-studio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2-small-paintings.jpg?fit=500%2C807&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6805,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2017\/02\/studio-journal-22617\/","url_meta":{"origin":6061,"position":0},"title":"Studio journal 2\/26\/17","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"February 28, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm late posting this journal entry. \u00a0I actually posted a later version of the bottom painting, Girl in the Lavender Dress. \u00a0That painting plus the painting on the easel, Break, are both in the Playhouse Square series. 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Sometimes I have to get out of the studio to cure \"studio blindness,\" during which I lose my objectivity and focus instead on some narrow aspect of the painting. After a 45-minute walk, I returned to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Cleveland&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Cleveland","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/category\/cleveland\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/studio-2017-11-11.png?fit=800%2C889&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/studio-2017-11-11.png?fit=800%2C889&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/studio-2017-11-11.png?fit=800%2C889&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/studio-2017-11-11.png?fit=800%2C889&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6778,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2017\/02\/studio-journal-21817\/","url_meta":{"origin":6061,"position":2},"title":"Studio journal 2\/18\/17","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"February 19, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"On the Square is 48\" x 60,\" which is big for me. \u00a0On the Square is part of the Playhouse Square series. \u00a0I think the three figures in the center-rear sitting at a table are done. \u00a0It's the only part of the painting that is finished. \u00a0I tend to work\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Cleveland&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Cleveland","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/category\/cleveland\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/studio-2017-2-18.png?fit=800%2C667&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/studio-2017-2-18.png?fit=800%2C667&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/studio-2017-2-18.png?fit=800%2C667&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/studio-2017-2-18.png?fit=800%2C667&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4854,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2015\/03\/playhouse-square\/","url_meta":{"origin":6061,"position":3},"title":"Playhouse Square","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"March 19, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I started a series of paintings early in the winter called Playhouse Square. Each painting in the series portrays\u00a0the area around Cleveland's Playhouse Square\u00a0and the people going about their Square-related business. I am amassing photographs for the project; I already have several hundred. 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