{"id":6350,"date":"2016-08-28T19:11:32","date_gmt":"2016-08-28T23:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/?p=6350"},"modified":"2016-08-28T19:14:21","modified_gmt":"2016-08-28T23:14:21","slug":"in-the-studio-82816","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2016\/08\/in-the-studio-82816\/","title":{"rendered":"In the studio 8\/28\/16"},"content":{"rendered":"

This painting is still raggedy;  some parts, such as the hair, are barely started.  The thing I’m not happy with is the title: Phone Call on Main Street<\/em>.  It’s not so much a title as a description.<\/p>\n

\"Unfinished<\/a>
Unfinished painting on the easel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I don’t like the raised edges that can occur where two carefully-painted areas meet.  Beneath the bench, you can see that I haven’t ‘colored within the lines’ with the background.  When the background is finished (it’s close), I’ll complete the bench and avoid raised edges where the bench meets the ground.  You can also use a palette knife to smooth down edges before the paint is completely dry.<\/p>\n

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

I’ve heard of some artists actually sanding the surface of a painting that is ridge riddled, or otherwise horny.  Personally, if a painting becomes so lumpy and ridged as to invite sanding, I would abandon it.  Such a surface would be too bad hearted and untrustworthy.  The only time I use sandpaper on a painting surface is when I want to smooth a fresh layer of gesso.<\/p>\n

Phone Call on Main Street<\/em> is 40″ x 50.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This painting is still raggedy;  some parts, such as the hair, are barely started.  The thing I’m not happy with is the title: Phone Call on Main Street.  It’s not so much a title as a description. I don’t like the raised edges that can occur where two carefully-painted areas meet.  Beneath the bench, you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":6349,"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":[50,9,271],"class_list":["post-6350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-materials","category-paintings","category-shop_talk","category-studio","tag-painting-material","tag-paintings-2","tag-studio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/studio-2016-8-28.jpg?fit=800%2C970&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6176,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2016\/06\/in-the-studio-61216\/","url_meta":{"origin":6350,"position":0},"title":"In the studio 6\/12\/16","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"June 12, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"I went to our Main Street three separate times to take photographs\u00a0for this composition. \u00a0I won't bore you with why it took three trips. \u00a0I finally got photos I can use and cobbled together several for the design for this new oil, Woman Listening to a Phone on Main Street.\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\/06\/studio-2016-6-12.jpg?fit=666%2C882&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/studio-2016-6-12.jpg?fit=666%2C882&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/studio-2016-6-12.jpg?fit=666%2C882&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2901,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2014\/01\/study-the-call-part-5\/","url_meta":{"origin":6350,"position":1},"title":"Study: ‘The Call’ Part 5","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"January 13, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The latest version of the study shows the painting much advanced. 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