{"id":7279,"date":"2017-09-04T18:52:35","date_gmt":"2017-09-04T22:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/?p=7279"},"modified":"2017-09-04T18:52:35","modified_gmt":"2017-09-04T22:52:35","slug":"turpentine-diaries-9417","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2017\/09\/turpentine-diaries-9417\/","title":{"rendered":"Turpentine diaries 9\/4\/17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I started working on the painting on the easel, <em>Along 4th Street<\/em>, yesterday. &nbsp;I&rsquo;ve had two long sessions on it, but it still needs a lot of work. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7278 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/studio-2917-9-4.gif?resize=800%2C634\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"634\"><\/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&rsquo;m &nbsp;careful about cutting off figures by the canvas edge. &nbsp;One of my teachers, <a href=\"https:\/\/infogalactic.com\/info\/Philip_Pearlstein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pearlstein<\/a>, is well known for cutting figures. &nbsp;He used the device to emphasize the painting&rsquo;s formal quality. &nbsp;Although he was more or less successful with the technique, I think he became a little lazy. &nbsp;There are other methods to highlight the formal elements in figure painting. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I started working on the painting on the easel, Along 4th Street, yesterday. &nbsp;I&rsquo;ve had two long sessions on it, but it still needs a lot of work. &nbsp; Read moreCleveland Museum of Art Opens RenovationsI&rsquo;m &nbsp;careful about cutting off figures by the canvas edge. &nbsp;One of my teachers, Pearlstein, is well known for cutting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":7278,"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":[20,271,56],"class_list":["post-7279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bio","category-paintings","category-shop_talk","category-studio","category-turpentine-diaries","tag-easel","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\/09\/studio-2917-9-4.gif?fit=800%2C634&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7268,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2017\/08\/turpentine-diaries-82717\/","url_meta":{"origin":7279,"position":0},"title":"Turpentine diaries 8\/27\/17","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"August 27, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"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. \u00a0Dare is 24\" x 30.\" The large, unfinished painting on the easel, Picnic, is the last painting from my batch of\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\/08\/studio-2017-8-27.jpg?fit=800%2C744&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/studio-2017-8-27.jpg?fit=800%2C744&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/studio-2017-8-27.jpg?fit=800%2C744&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/studio-2017-8-27.jpg?fit=800%2C744&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7733,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2018\/03\/turpentine-diaries-3-18-18\/","url_meta":{"origin":7279,"position":1},"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":7231,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2017\/07\/turpentine-diaries-73017\/","url_meta":{"origin":7279,"position":2},"title":"Turpentine diaries 7\/30\/17","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"July 30, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Sub Rosa, on the easel, is part of the Main Street series. \u00a0I've been using RGH's ultra-fine flake white regularly, which can be seen in the middle of the palette. \u00a0I like it. \u00a0Last week, I used the last of a tube of flake white from Blue Ridge, which is\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Main Street&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Main Street","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/category\/main-street\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/studio-2017-7-30.jpg?fit=800%2C729&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/studio-2017-7-30.jpg?fit=800%2C729&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/studio-2017-7-30.jpg?fit=800%2C729&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/studio-2017-7-30.jpg?fit=800%2C729&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8349,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2019\/03\/turpentine-diaries-3-31-19\/","url_meta":{"origin":7279,"position":3},"title":"Turpentine diaries 3\/31\/19","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"March 31, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"I finished a couple of paintings during the past several days, including the one in the left-hand background of this photo. I also had my second session with the painting on the easel, Portrait of a Man in Sunglasses. Recently I've been using Doak's flake white. Like everything from Doak\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\/2019\/03\/studio-2019-3-31.jpg?fit=800%2C673&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/studio-2019-3-31.jpg?fit=800%2C673&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/studio-2019-3-31.jpg?fit=800%2C673&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/studio-2019-3-31.jpg?fit=800%2C673&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7163,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2017\/07\/turpentine-diaries-7817\/","url_meta":{"origin":7279,"position":4},"title":"Turpentine diaries 7\/8\/17","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"July 8, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"I finished the small study at the top of this photo this morning. \u00a0Keith in Profile is on a 20\" x 24\" canvas board. \u00a0I sometimes use canvas board for studies and sketches. \u00a0Keith in Profile has been in-hand for awhile but today's session was the fourth\u00a0or fifth; fast for\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-2017-7-17.jpg?fit=800%2C692&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/studio-2017-7-17.jpg?fit=800%2C692&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/studio-2017-7-17.jpg?fit=800%2C692&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/studio-2017-7-17.jpg?fit=800%2C692&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8444,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2019\/05\/turpentine-diaries-5-12-19\/","url_meta":{"origin":7279,"position":5},"title":"Turpentine diaries 5\/12\/19","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"May 12, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"As much as I whine and moan about this or that, I'm not the hot-house plant that I may appear. And sometimes my paintings go well! (Although, I won't say that too loudly or I'll jinx it, amirite?) 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