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\nPhone Call on Main Street<\/em> is close; almost finished.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I’m using a touch of a new medium today–Grove’s Cole’s varnish. It’s a copal-based varnish, which makes it close–first cousin–to my normal medium. I plan, after more work, to write a review, so I won’t linger over it today. Read moreCleveland Museum of Art Opens Renovations Phone Call on Main Street is close; almost finished.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":7599,"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":[346,208,6,24,19,343],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main-street","category-materials","category-paintings","category-shop_talk","category-studio","category-turpentine-diaries"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/studio-2018-1-14.png?fit=800%2C1079&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7671,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2018\/02\/turpentine-diaries-2-11-18\/","url_meta":{"origin":7609,"position":0},"title":"Turpentine diaries 2\/11\/18","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"February 11, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"This unfinished painting, Lunch Alone is 32\" x 46,\" is part of the Playhouse Square series.\u00a0 I like my medium a lot but I'm always willing to try new things, especially when they come from James Groves.\u00a0 I've written before about how much I like his products, copal varnish, and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "materials"","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\/2018\/02\/studio-2018-2-11.png?fit=761%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/studio-2018-2-11.png?fit=761%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/studio-2018-2-11.png?fit=761%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/studio-2018-2-11.png?fit=761%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8058,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2018\/08\/turpentine-diaries-8-26-18\/","url_meta":{"origin":7609,"position":1},"title":"Turpentine diaries 8\/26\/18","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"August 26, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"I am happy with my painting medium, as I've written before, but I also like to kick the tires of new offerings. 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