{"id":7533,"date":"2017-12-17T21:58:54","date_gmt":"2017-12-18T02:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/?p=7533"},"modified":"2017-12-17T21:58:54","modified_gmt":"2017-12-18T02:58:54","slug":"turpentine-diaries-12-17-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2017\/12\/turpentine-diaries-12-17-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Turpentine diaries 12\/17\/17"},"content":{"rendered":"

I feel like Sisyphus. The batch of paintings that are working me over are all in mid-flight.  I keep rolling the rock uphill but I haven’t reached or even seen the crest of the hill.  Not only that, I’ve fallen backward with some of them–bah.<\/p>\n

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Read more<\/span>Cleveland Museum of Art Opens Renovations<\/span><\/a><\/div>

The Press<\/em> is 40″ x 50.”<\/p>\n

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Read more<\/span>In the Studio Oct. 14 2012<\/span><\/a><\/div>

Studio corner with The Offensive<\/em> in the background.<\/p>\n

I can see the day when flake white will no longer be available.  I tried some titanium white in this afternoon’s session.  I like the titanium better than zinc white, there is that.  And compared to flake white, titanium white is dirt cheap.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I feel like Sisyphus. The batch of paintings that are working me over are all in mid-flight.  I keep rolling the rock uphill but I haven’t reached or even seen the crest of the hill.  Not only that, I’ve fallen backward with some of them–bah. Read moreCleveland Museum of Art Opens RenovationsThe Press is 40″ x 50.” Read […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":7532,"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":[10,6,19,343,1],"tags":[271,390,56],"class_list":["post-7533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cleveland","category-paintings","category-studio","category-turpentine-diaries","category-uncategorized","tag-studio","tag-titanium-white","tag-unfinished-paintings"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/studio-2017-12-17.jpg?fit=800%2C1202&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7325,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2017\/09\/turpentine-diaries-92417\/","url_meta":{"origin":7533,"position":0},"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. 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