{"id":6984,"date":"2017-03-26T20:54:11","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T00:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/?p=6984"},"modified":"2017-03-26T20:54:11","modified_gmt":"2017-03-27T00:54:11","slug":"studio-journal-32617","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2017\/03\/studio-journal-32617\/","title":{"rendered":"Studio journal 3\/26\/17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The Candidate<\/em>, on the easel, is 36&Prime; x 48,&rdquo; which a format I&rsquo;ve used a lot recently. &nbsp;The design is based on photos I took during the RNC in Cleveland last summer. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6983\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/studio-2017-3-26-300x251.jpg?resize=300%2C251\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/studio-2017-3-26.jpg?resize=300%2C251&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/studio-2017-3-26.jpg?resize=600%2C501&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/studio-2017-3-26.jpg?resize=768%2C641&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/studio-2017-3-26.jpg?resize=560%2C468&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/studio-2017-3-26.jpg?resize=260%2C217&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/studio-2017-3-26.jpg?resize=160%2C134&amp;ssl=1 160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/studio-2017-3-26.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2012\/10\/cleveland-museum-of-art\/\" class=\"template-2\"><span class=\"cta\">Read more<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">Cleveland Museum of Art Opens Renovations<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>I use the stick, or pole, leaning against the painting as a maulstick. &nbsp;Even with my fast-drying medium I have to be careful not to smudge wet paint.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Candidate<\/em>&nbsp;still has a long way to go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Candidate, on the easel, is 36&Prime; x 48,&rdquo; which a format I&rsquo;ve used a lot recently. &nbsp;The design is based on photos I took during the RNC in Cleveland last summer. &nbsp; Read moreCleveland Museum of Art Opens RenovationsI use the stick, or pole, leaning against the painting as a maulstick. &nbsp;Even with my [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":6983,"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":[271,56],"class_list":["post-6984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-materials","category-paintings","category-shop_talk","category-studio","tag-studio","tag-unfinished-paintings"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/studio-2017-3-26.jpg?fit=800%2C668&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6823,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2017\/03\/studio-journal-3517\/","url_meta":{"origin":6984,"position":0},"title":"Studio journal 3\/5\/17","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"March 5, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"I worked on these two paintings today. \u00a0They are at the opposite ends of their cycles. \u00a0I just started the underpainting on The Candidate (painting on the floor). \u00a0The other painting, Phone Call on Main Street, is cruising into the dock. \u00a0I'm not ready to tie it to the dock\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Paintings&quot;","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\/2017\/03\/studio-2017-3-5.png?fit=650%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/studio-2017-3-5.png?fit=650%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/studio-2017-3-5.png?fit=650%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6834,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2017\/03\/studio-journal-31217\/","url_meta":{"origin":6984,"position":1},"title":"Studio journal 3\/12\/17","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"March 12, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"I worked most of the day on The Candidate, the painting in the upper-center in this batch of current work. \u00a0The underpainting is done. \u00a0I'll say it's done. \u00a0I don't like the ground on this canvas. \u00a0It is another of my experiments with materials that has proved unsatisfactory, but it\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Paintings&quot;","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\/2017\/03\/studio-2017-3-12.png?fit=800%2C584&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/studio-2017-3-12.png?fit=800%2C584&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/studio-2017-3-12.png?fit=800%2C584&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/studio-2017-3-12.png?fit=800%2C584&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6607,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2017\/01\/studio-journal-1817\/","url_meta":{"origin":6984,"position":2},"title":"Studio journal 1\/8\/17","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"January 8, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's the studio corner with recently-worked paintings drying. 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Paintings take on their own personality and this one is adamant bout the direction it wants to go.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Paintings&quot;","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\/2015\/07\/studio-2015-7-26.jpg?fit=500%2C576&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Gw6F-1OE","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6984"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6984\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}