{"id":6699,"date":"2017-01-29T19:31:23","date_gmt":"2017-01-30T00:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/?p=6699"},"modified":"2017-01-29T19:31:23","modified_gmt":"2017-01-30T00:31:23","slug":"studio-journal-12917","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2017\/01\/studio-journal-12917\/","title":{"rendered":"Studio journal 1\/29\/17"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paintings take on a life of their own.  Sometimes that’s good; other times, not so good and I argue with the painting.  I am not<\/em> arguing with Playhouse Square Visit<\/em> but I am surprised at the direction it insists on taking me.  Not unhappy–just surprised.<\/p>\n

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

Yep, I am getting ready to stretch more canvases, as you can see by the stretchers and canvas in the background.  I already have so many canvases and paintings in the studio I can barely move.  So what!  I’ve got plans–big plans! 🙂 <\/p>\n

Plus, I am embarking on a series of drawings.  Mainly pastels.  I have a supply of good paper ready-to-hand.  The sheets are big but not real big.  I used all of my roll of drawing paper and the rolls I use for cartoons are not high quality.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Paintings take on a life of their own.  Sometimes that’s good; other times, not so good and I argue with the painting.  I am not arguing with Playhouse Square Visit but I am surprised at the direction it insists on taking me.  Not unhappy–just surprised. Read moreCleveland Museum of Art Opens RenovationsYep, I am getting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":6697,"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":[208,6,24,19,1],"tags":[9,243],"class_list":["post-6699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-materials","category-paintings","category-shop_talk","category-studio","category-uncategorized","tag-paintings-2","tag-playhouse-square-series"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/studio-2017-1-29.jpg?fit=800%2C691&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6460,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2016\/10\/in-the-studio-102316\/","url_meta":{"origin":6699,"position":0},"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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