{"id":6568,"date":"2016-12-11T21:50:52","date_gmt":"2016-12-12T02:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/?p=6568"},"modified":"2016-12-11T21:53:48","modified_gmt":"2016-12-12T02:53:48","slug":"studio-journal-121116","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2016\/12\/studio-journal-121116\/","title":{"rendered":"Studio journal 12\/11\/16"},"content":{"rendered":"

I thought I was going to finally finish Main Street #1<\/em> today but I fell short.  I am still  not satisfied with the right-most figure.  So, I keep working until I’m happy with it.<\/p>\n

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

Today I used walnut oil that I bought from James Groves.  Really good stuff–for walnut oil.  As I’ve written before<\/a>, James really knows what he’s doing.  His drying walnut oil is very limpid, very water-like, which is exactly the way I like oil.  Walnut oil is more leveling than linseed oil, which leads to uniformity unless one remains on guard.  Even so, it’s very good, like I said, but I’m sticking with my linseed oil.  Too bad he doesn’t make linseed oil.  I’m sure it’s because he doesn’t use it himself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I thought I was going to finally finish Main Street #1 today but I fell short.  I am still  not satisfied with the right-most figure.  So, I keep working until I’m happy with it. Read moreCleveland Museum of Art Opens RenovationsToday I used walnut oil that I bought from James Groves.  Really good stuff–for walnut oil. 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