{"id":6314,"date":"2016-08-07T20:12:03","date_gmt":"2016-08-08T00:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/?p=6314"},"modified":"2016-08-07T20:17:00","modified_gmt":"2016-08-08T00:17:00","slug":"in-the-studio-8716","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2016\/08\/in-the-studio-8716\/","title":{"rendered":"In the studio 8\/7\/16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After working on a painting, I set it aside to dry for a day before taking it up again. &nbsp;But when a painting is large, I can work on it for several days in succession. &nbsp;Yesterday, I worked on <em>On the Square<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;because of its size, 48&Prime; x 60,&rdquo;&nbsp;I was able to work on it today. &nbsp;After today, I am setting aside for a few days. &nbsp;There&rsquo;s plenty of other paintings that need&nbsp;my attention!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6313\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6313\" style=\"width: 666px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/studio-2016-8-7\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6313\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/studio-2016-8-7.jpg?resize=640%2C654\" alt=\"Unfinished 'On the Square'\" width=\"640\" height=\"654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/studio-2016-8-7.jpg?w=666&amp;ssl=1 666w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/studio-2016-8-7.jpg?resize=600%2C614&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/studio-2016-8-7.jpg?resize=293%2C300&amp;ssl=1 293w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/studio-2016-8-7.jpg?resize=560%2C573&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/studio-2016-8-7.jpg?resize=260%2C266&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/studio-2016-8-7.jpg?resize=160%2C164&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6313\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Unfinished &lsquo;On the Square&rsquo;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In some ways, <em>On the Square<\/em> is the most representational of all my Playhouse Square paintings. &nbsp;The painting visible behind <em>On the Square<\/em> is also part of the series.<\/p>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2012\/10\/cleveland-museum-of-art\/\" class=\"template-2\"><span class=\"cta\">Read more<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">Cleveland Museum of Art Opens Renovations<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After working on a painting, I set it aside to dry for a day before taking it up again. &nbsp;But when a painting is large, I can work on it for several days in succession. &nbsp;Yesterday, I worked on On the Square&nbsp;and&nbsp;because of its size, 48&Prime; x 60,&rdquo;&nbsp;I was able to work on it today. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":6313,"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":[6,19,1],"tags":[243],"class_list":["post-6314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-paintings","category-studio","category-uncategorized","tag-playhouse-square-series"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/studio-2016-8-7.jpg?fit=666%2C681&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5693,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2016\/01\/in-the-studio-1316\/","url_meta":{"origin":6314,"position":0},"title":"In the studio 1\/3\/16","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"January 4, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The first In the studio post of the new year. 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 &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\/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":5793,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2016\/02\/in-the-studio-21416\/","url_meta":{"origin":6314,"position":1},"title":"In the studio 2\/14\/16","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"February 15, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"On the Square is part of my Playhouse Square series--a series of paintings with subjects taken from\u00a0Cleveland's Playhouse Square. At 4'\u00a0by\u00a05', On the Square is at the outer limit for an easel painting. Any larger and you need a heavy-duty easel (or two) or a mural-style one. I don't own\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\/2016\/02\/STUDIO-2016-2-14.jpg?fit=666%2C520&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/STUDIO-2016-2-14.jpg?fit=666%2C520&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/STUDIO-2016-2-14.jpg?fit=666%2C520&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5003,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2015\/04\/playhouse-square-i\/","url_meta":{"origin":6314,"position":2},"title":"Playhouse Square I","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"April 15, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I am working on the drawings for my new series--Playhouse Square--which I wrote about earlier. The series is based on photographs I've taken of Cleveland's Playhouse Square. I wrote before about how I planned to use figures from different days in the same locations, about how I plan to use\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\/2015\/04\/penn-station.jpg?fit=400%2C948&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":7054,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2017\/04\/studio-journal-43017\/","url_meta":{"origin":6314,"position":3},"title":"Studio journal 4\/30\/17","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"April 30, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The unfinished Women in Sandals is part of the Playhouse Square series. \u00a0Women in Sandals is 44\" x 60.\" Here is a painting tip: If you are struggling\u00a0to get light in a painting, strengthen the darks. \u00a0You might be surprised at how making the darks darker makes muddy lights shine\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\/2017\/04\/studio-2017-4-30.jpg?fit=800%2C1133&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/studio-2017-4-30.jpg?fit=800%2C1133&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/studio-2017-4-30.jpg?fit=800%2C1133&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/studio-2017-4-30.jpg?fit=800%2C1133&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6676,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2017\/01\/studio-journal-12217\/","url_meta":{"origin":6314,"position":4},"title":"Studio journal 1\/22\/17","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"January 22, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The cheery sunlight made me pause as I entered the studio and take this photo. \u00a0The easel has the painting Break\u00a0on it. \u00a0Break is 40\" x 50.\" Studio corner with some current work drying. Break\u00a0is the painting in the lower-center. \u00a0Break is part of the Playhouse Square series.","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\/2017\/01\/studio-2017-1-22.jpg?fit=800%2C599&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/studio-2017-1-22.jpg?fit=800%2C599&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/studio-2017-1-22.jpg?fit=800%2C599&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/studio-2017-1-22.jpg?fit=800%2C599&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6460,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2016\/10\/in-the-studio-102316\/","url_meta":{"origin":6314,"position":5},"title":"In the studio 10\/23\/16","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"October 24, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"I worked a little while on this small painting, which is part of the Playhouse Square series. \u00a0I also spent time working on a large drawing. \u00a0It's been awhile since I've done that. \u00a0Of late, most of my drawings have been as preparation for paintings. 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