{"id":7092,"date":"2017-06-01T20:26:50","date_gmt":"2017-06-02T00:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/?p=7092"},"modified":"2017-06-01T20:26:50","modified_gmt":"2017-06-02T00:26:50","slug":"studio-journal-6117","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2017\/06\/studio-journal-6117\/","title":{"rendered":"Studio journal 6\/1\/17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was locked and loaded, ready to finish <em>Euclid Avenue I<\/em> this morning but I didn&rsquo;t make it. &nbsp;Maybe tomorrow, although I planned to spend tomorrow drawing on some new canvases.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/studio-2017-6-1\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7091\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/studio-2017-6-1.jpg?resize=640%2C448&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/studio-2017-6-1.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/studio-2017-6-1.jpg?resize=600%2C420&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/studio-2017-6-1.jpg?resize=300%2C210&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/studio-2017-6-1.jpg?resize=768%2C538&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/studio-2017-6-1.jpg?resize=560%2C392&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/studio-2017-6-1.jpg?resize=260%2C182&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/studio-2017-6-1.jpg?resize=160%2C112&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\"><\/a><\/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 am still using my recently-purchased &lsquo;extra-fine flake white&rsquo; from RGH&ndash;you can see it in the middle of the palette. &nbsp;I like it a lot. &nbsp;I might elevate it to my go-to flake white, which is a big deal for me. &nbsp;I need to use it some more before making a decision.<\/p>\n<p><em>Euclid Avenue I<\/em> Is part of the Playhouse Square&nbsp;series. &nbsp;For those who are unfamiliar with Cleveland, Euclid Avenue is Cleveland&rsquo;s Broadway<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was locked and loaded, ready to finish Euclid Avenue I this morning but I didn&rsquo;t make it. &nbsp;Maybe tomorrow, although I planned to spend tomorrow drawing on some new canvases. Read moreCleveland Museum of Art Opens RenovationsI am still using my recently-purchased &lsquo;extra-fine flake white&rsquo; from RGH&ndash;you can see it in the middle of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":7091,"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":[10,208,6,24,19],"tags":[243],"class_list":["post-7092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cleveland","category-materials","category-paintings","category-shop_talk","category-studio","tag-playhouse-square-series"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/studio-2017-6-1.jpg?fit=800%2C560&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5900,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2016\/03\/in-the-studio-32016\/","url_meta":{"origin":7092,"position":0},"title":"In the studio 3\/20\/16","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"March 20, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"I made progress on Euclid Avenue I\u00a0this morning. \u00a0Progress on the\u00a048\" x 60\" painting\u00a0has been slow at times. \u00a0This canvas is from a\u00a0stock of 'professional grade' canvases I bought some time back. \u00a0The surfaces on these 'professional grade' canvases are very poor--execrable. \u00a0I've had to spend a lot of time\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;aesthetics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"aesthetics","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/category\/aesthetics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/studio-2016-3-20.jpg?fit=666%2C561&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/studio-2016-3-20.jpg?fit=666%2C561&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/studio-2016-3-20.jpg?fit=666%2C561&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6333,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2016\/08\/in-the-studio-82116\/","url_meta":{"origin":7092,"position":1},"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. I spent a day\u00a0or two working on other paintings and the drawing for a new painting (not in the series). \u00a0I don't experiment much anymore with mediums or processes. \u00a0I tried a lot of different things before arriving\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\/2016\/08\/studio-2016-8-21.jpg?fit=800%2C958&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/studio-2016-8-21.jpg?fit=800%2C958&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/studio-2016-8-21.jpg?fit=800%2C958&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/studio-2016-8-21.jpg?fit=800%2C958&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6594,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2016\/12\/studio-journal-122816\/","url_meta":{"origin":7092,"position":2},"title":"Studio journal 12\/28\/16","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"December 28, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Euclid Avenue #1 took up my time today. \u00a0Euclid Avenue #1 is part of the Playhouse Square series. \u00a0Push-pull. I've disdained synthetic brushes in the past, but I finally found a model that behaves decently: Escoda\u00a0Primera. \u00a0The\u00a0Escoda\u00a0Primera model, like all synthetics, is rugged. \u00a0It handles well for a synthetic; not\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;materials&quot;","block_context":{"text":"materials","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/category\/materials\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/studio-2016-12-28.jpg?fit=800%2C815&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/studio-2016-12-28.jpg?fit=800%2C815&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/studio-2016-12-28.jpg?fit=800%2C815&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/studio-2016-12-28.jpg?fit=800%2C815&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5232,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2015\/07\/in-the-studio-7515\/","url_meta":{"origin":7092,"position":3},"title":"In the studio 7\/5\/15","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"July 5, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"This unfinished painting on the easel, Euclid Avenue II, is from my Playhouse Square series. 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