{"id":7268,"date":"2017-08-27T20:53:52","date_gmt":"2017-08-28T00:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/?p=7268"},"modified":"2017-08-28T09:41:28","modified_gmt":"2017-08-28T13:41:28","slug":"turpentine-diaries-82717","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2017\/08\/turpentine-diaries-82717\/","title":{"rendered":"Turpentine diaries 8\/27\/17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The finished painting on the floor in this photo, <em>Dare<\/em>, is another painting of my son Keith standing in front of an earlier painting with him as the subject. &nbsp;<em>Dare<\/em> is 24&Prime; x 30.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7267\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/studio-2017-8-27.jpg?resize=800%2C744\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"744\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/studio-2017-8-27.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/studio-2017-8-27.jpg?resize=600%2C558&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/studio-2017-8-27.jpg?resize=300%2C279&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/studio-2017-8-27.jpg?resize=768%2C714&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/studio-2017-8-27.jpg?resize=560%2C521&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/studio-2017-8-27.jpg?resize=260%2C242&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/studio-2017-8-27.jpg?resize=160%2C149&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"><\/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>The large, unfinished painting on the easel, <em>Picnic<\/em>, is the last painting from my batch of poor-surface paintings. &nbsp;And it&rsquo;s the worst, although that is relative. &nbsp;When I was younger, all the &lsquo;bad-surface&rsquo; paintings would have been perfectly acceptable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The finished painting on the floor in this photo, Dare, is another painting of my son Keith standing in front of an earlier painting with him as the subject. &nbsp;Dare is 24&Prime; x 30.&rdquo; Read moreCleveland Museum of Art Opens RenovationsThe large, unfinished painting on the easel, Picnic, is the last painting from my batch [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":7267,"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":[139,6,24,19,343],"tags":[271,56],"class_list":["post-7268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bio","category-paintings","category-shop_talk","category-studio","category-turpentine-diaries","tag-studio","tag-unfinished-paintings"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/studio-2017-8-27.jpg?fit=800%2C744&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7188,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2017\/07\/turpentine-diaries-71617\/","url_meta":{"origin":7268,"position":0},"title":"Turpentine diaries 7\/16\/17","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"July 16, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"I decided to work on my backlog of unfinished studies and small paintings. I worked\u00a0on all of the paintings in the photo today, the bottom-left one last. One small study, not shown, has a problem and I'm trying to decide how to resolve it. \u00a0Before I work on a painting,\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\/07\/studio-2017-7-16.jpg?fit=800%2C1105&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/studio-2017-7-16.jpg?fit=800%2C1105&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/studio-2017-7-16.jpg?fit=800%2C1105&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/studio-2017-7-16.jpg?fit=800%2C1105&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7325,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2017\/09\/turpentine-diaries-92417\/","url_meta":{"origin":7268,"position":1},"title":"Turpentine diaries 9\/24\/17","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"September 24, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The unfinished painting The Press is 40\" x 50.\" \u00a0I've used RGH's walnut-ground flake white for a couple of weeks and I like it more and more. \u00a0It keeps its body even when thinned to the constancy of gouache, such as the white shirts in the painting. I plan to\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\/09\/studio-2017-9-24.png?fit=800%2C1088&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/studio-2017-9-24.png?fit=800%2C1088&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/studio-2017-9-24.png?fit=800%2C1088&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/studio-2017-9-24.png?fit=800%2C1088&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7238,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2017\/08\/turpentine-diaries-8617\/","url_meta":{"origin":7268,"position":2},"title":"Turpentine diaries 8\/6\/17","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"August 6, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The Delegate is 36\" x 48\". \u00a0It still has a way to go. \u00a0It's another painting with an annoying surface. I've written a lot recently about painting surfaces, I know. \u00a0I bought a large roll of canvas two years ago, which enables me to monitor how changes to the painting\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\/08\/studio-2017-8-6.jpg?fit=800%2C489&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/studio-2017-8-6.jpg?fit=800%2C489&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/studio-2017-8-6.jpg?fit=800%2C489&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/studio-2017-8-6.jpg?fit=800%2C489&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7516,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2017\/11\/turpentine-diaries-11-26-17\/","url_meta":{"origin":7268,"position":3},"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":7733,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2018\/03\/turpentine-diaries-3-18-18\/","url_meta":{"origin":7268,"position":4},"title":"Turpentine diaries 3\/18\/18","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"March 18, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"I had a lot of trouble this morning with the painting on the floor, Down on Prospect Avenue.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 Who knows?\u00a0 If I could see, I might be able to make good paintings. Things perked up after lunch and I made progress.\u00a0 I think the head of the left-most figure\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\/03\/studio-2018-3-18.png?fit=850%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/studio-2018-3-18.png?fit=850%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/studio-2018-3-18.png?fit=850%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/studio-2018-3-18.png?fit=850%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7279,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2017\/09\/turpentine-diaries-9417\/","url_meta":{"origin":7268,"position":5},"title":"Turpentine diaries 9\/4\/17","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"September 4, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"I started working on the painting on the easel, Along 4th Street, yesterday. \u00a0I've had two long sessions on it, but it still needs a lot of work. \u00a0 I'm \u00a0careful about cutting off figures by the canvas edge. \u00a0One of my teachers, Pearlstein, is well known for cutting figures.\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\/09\/studio-2917-9-4.gif?fit=800%2C634&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/studio-2917-9-4.gif?fit=800%2C634&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/studio-2917-9-4.gif?fit=800%2C634&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/studio-2917-9-4.gif?fit=800%2C634&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Gw6F-1Te","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7268","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=7268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7268\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}