{"id":6594,"date":"2016-12-28T18:39:58","date_gmt":"2016-12-28T23:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/?p=6594"},"modified":"2016-12-28T18:39:58","modified_gmt":"2016-12-28T23:39:58","slug":"studio-journal-122816","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2016\/12\/studio-journal-122816\/","title":{"rendered":"Studio journal 12\/28\/16"},"content":{"rendered":"

Euclid Avenue #1<\/em> took up my time today.  Euclid Avenue #1<\/em> is part of the Playhouse Square series.  Push-pull.<\/p>\n

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

I’ve disdained synthetic brushes in the past<\/a>, but I finally found a model that behaves decently: Escoda Primera.  The Escoda Primera model, like all synthetics, is rugged.  It handles well for a synthetic; not as sensitive as a sable but not too far off.  I finished the left-foreground figure’s pants and boots with two of the Escoda Primeras.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Euclid Avenue #1 took up my time today.  Euclid Avenue #1 is part of the Playhouse Square series.  Push-pull. Read moreCleveland Museum of Art Opens RenovationsI’ve disdained synthetic brushes in the past, but I finally found a model that behaves decently: Escoda Primera.  The Escoda Primera model, like all synthetics, is rugged.  It handles well for a synthetic; […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":6593,"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":[50,9,243,271],"class_list":["post-6594","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-playhouse-square-series","tag-studio"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/studio-2016-12-28.jpg?fit=800%2C815&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6333,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2016\/08\/in-the-studio-82116\/","url_meta":{"origin":6594,"position":0},"title":"In the studio 8\/21\/16","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"August 21, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Today, I went back to the paintings in the Playhouse Square series. 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