{"id":7224,"date":"2017-07-23T17:44:51","date_gmt":"2017-07-23T21:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/?p=7224"},"modified":"2017-07-23T17:44:51","modified_gmt":"2017-07-23T21:44:51","slug":"turpentine-diaries-72317","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2017\/07\/turpentine-diaries-72317\/","title":{"rendered":"Turpentine diaries 7\/23\/17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Break<\/em> is finally done. I struggled with the surface from the beginning which resulted in more sessions than usual. &nbsp;I won&rsquo;t bore you with the details; the surface isn&rsquo;t awful&ndash;it&rsquo;s perfectly&nbsp;sound&ndash;but it&rsquo;s not to my liking. &nbsp;Not nearly smooth enough and like any rough-surfaced canvas, it eats brushes. &nbsp;I like surfaces that are smooth and semi-absorbent, which turns&nbsp;out to be tricky to produce. &nbsp;It&rsquo;s easy to make a surface that&rsquo;s too rough or too smooth. &nbsp;Like Goldilocks, I want a surface that&rsquo;s just right. &#128578;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/studio-2017-7-23\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7223 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/studio-2017-7-23-255x300.jpg?resize=255%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"255\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/studio-2017-7-23.jpg?resize=255%2C300&amp;ssl=1 255w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/studio-2017-7-23.jpg?resize=600%2C707&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/studio-2017-7-23.jpg?resize=768%2C904&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/studio-2017-7-23.jpg?resize=560%2C659&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/studio-2017-7-23.jpg?resize=260%2C306&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/studio-2017-7-23.jpg?resize=160%2C188&amp;ssl=1 160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/studio-2017-7-23.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Break<\/em> is part of the Playhouse Square series. &nbsp;I am building a page for the Playhouse Square&nbsp;series as well as the Main Street series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Break is finally done. I struggled with the surface from the beginning which resulted in more sessions than usual. &nbsp;I won&rsquo;t bore you with the details; the surface isn&rsquo;t awful&ndash;it&rsquo;s perfectly&nbsp;sound&ndash;but it&rsquo;s not to my liking. &nbsp;Not nearly smooth enough and like any rough-surfaced canvas, it eats brushes. &nbsp;I like surfaces that are smooth and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":7223,"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":[6,24,19,343],"tags":[243,271],"class_list":["post-7224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-paintings","category-shop_talk","category-studio","category-turpentine-diaries","tag-playhouse-square-series","tag-studio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/studio-2017-7-23.jpg?fit=800%2C942&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7516,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2017\/11\/turpentine-diaries-11-26-17\/","url_meta":{"origin":7224,"position":0},"title":"Turpentine diaries 11\/26\/17","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"November 26, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"After flavoring my medium with additions for several days, today I used my normal medium.\u00a0 I worked on this painting during both of today's sessions.\u00a0 When the painting surface is right, as with this painting, my normal medium is unbeatable.\u00a0 What is a good surface?\u00a0 I like smooth surfaces.\u00a0 'Smooth'\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\/2017\/11\/studio-2017-11-26.png?fit=800%2C682&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/studio-2017-11-26.png?fit=800%2C682&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/studio-2017-11-26.png?fit=800%2C682&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/studio-2017-11-26.png?fit=800%2C682&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7708,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2018\/03\/turpentine-diaries-3-4-18\/","url_meta":{"origin":7224,"position":1},"title":"Turpentine diaries 3\/4\/18","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"March 4, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The one thing I dislike about my current studio is that it doesn't have north-facing windows. 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Daughter Jane baked an apple\u00a0pie, and son Keith made deep-fried mac and cheese.\u00a0 The latter was something I'd never eaten.\u00a0 Everything was excellent and, for once, I didn't\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Bio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Bio","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/category\/bio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/studio-2017-11-25.png?fit=800%2C637&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/studio-2017-11-25.png?fit=800%2C637&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/studio-2017-11-25.png?fit=800%2C637&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/studio-2017-11-25.png?fit=800%2C637&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7699,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2018\/02\/turpentine-diaries-2-25-18\/","url_meta":{"origin":7224,"position":3},"title":"Turpentine diaries 2\/25\/18","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"February 26, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"I finished Three Women in Sandals (I know, I know--a lame name.\u00a0\u00a0Three Women in Sandals is another painting in my Playhouse Square\u00a0series.\u00a0 It's 44\" x 60.\" By now, I've created a large number of paintings in the Playhouse Square series and I still plan several more.\u00a0 I have not exhausted\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Cleveland&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Cleveland","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/category\/cleveland\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/studio-2018-2-25.png?fit=800%2C1194&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/studio-2018-2-25.png?fit=800%2C1194&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/studio-2018-2-25.png?fit=800%2C1194&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/studio-2018-2-25.png?fit=800%2C1194&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7452,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2017\/11\/turpentine-diaries-111117\/","url_meta":{"origin":7224,"position":4},"title":"Turpentine diaries 11\/11\/17","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"November 11, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"I finished On the Square then put down my brush and took a walk. 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