{"id":6974,"date":"2017-03-25T21:07:16","date_gmt":"2017-03-26T01:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/?p=6974"},"modified":"2017-03-25T21:07:16","modified_gmt":"2017-03-26T01:07:16","slug":"cant-wait-to-start-painting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2017\/03\/cant-wait-to-start-painting\/","title":{"rendered":"Can’t wait to start painting"},"content":{"rendered":"

After preparing my palette and getting a cup of tea, I was met by cheery sunlight when I reentered the studio.  The morning had been gray and gloomy, so the unexpected light was uplifting.  I couldn’t wait to get started.  <\/p>\n

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

I am restretching the large painting in the background–The Offensive<\/em>.  I replaced the two commercial stretcher strips that snapped.  While I was doing that, another one snapped.  &%#!!  3 out of 4?  Using commercial strips was supposed to be a way to save time.  As happens often when I try to do that, I create other problems that take more time than normal.  This is the last time I use commercial stretcher strips for a large painting.       <\/p>\n

I will build a new stretcher myself like I did with the big painting behind The Offensive<\/em>.  2″ x 2″s and trim strips works very well.    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After preparing my palette and getting a cup of tea, I was met by cheery sunlight when I reentered the studio.  The morning had been gray and gloomy, so the unexpected light was uplifting.  I couldn’t wait to get started.   Read moreCleveland Museum of Art Opens RenovationsI am restretching the large painting in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":6973,"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":[208,6,24,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-materials","category-paintings","category-shop_talk","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/start-session.jpg?fit=800%2C524&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4824,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2015\/03\/knot-riddled-stretcher-strips\/","url_meta":{"origin":6974,"position":0},"title":"Knot-riddled stretcher strips","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"March 15, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Art supplies are absurdly expensive. 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