{"id":8090,"date":"2018-09-23T19:31:59","date_gmt":"2018-09-23T23:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/?p=8090"},"modified":"2018-09-23T19:31:59","modified_gmt":"2018-09-23T23:31:59","slug":"turpentine-diaries-9-23-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2018\/09\/turpentine-diaries-9-23-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Turpentine diaries 9\/23\/18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Down on Prospect Avenue<\/em>? <em>Prospect Avenue<\/em>? <em>Prospect<\/em>? <em>Down on Prospect<\/em>? The latter is the name I plan to stick with.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/studio-2018-9-23\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8089\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/studio-2018-9-23.jpg?resize=800%2C509&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/studio-2018-9-23.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/studio-2018-9-23.jpg?resize=600%2C382&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/studio-2018-9-23.jpg?resize=300%2C191&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/studio-2018-9-23.jpg?resize=768%2C489&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/studio-2018-9-23.jpg?resize=560%2C356&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/studio-2018-9-23.jpg?resize=260%2C165&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/studio-2018-9-23.jpg?resize=160%2C102&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"><\/a>This painting is almost finished. My habit is to put away an almost-done painting and leave it alone until I can see it with fresh eyes. One or two more sessions should be enough.<\/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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Down on Prospect Avenue? Prospect Avenue? Prospect? Down on Prospect? The latter is the name I plan to stick with. This painting is almost finished. My habit is to put away an almost-done painting and leave it alone until I can see it with fresh eyes. One or two more sessions should be enough. Read [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":8089,"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":[10,6,24,19,343,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cleveland","category-paintings","category-shop_talk","category-studio","category-turpentine-diaries","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/studio-2018-9-23.jpg?fit=800%2C509&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8015,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2018\/07\/turpentine-diaries-7-22-18\/","url_meta":{"origin":8090,"position":0},"title":"Turpentine diaries 7\/22\/18","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"July 22, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"I used my homemade drying oil in recent sessions with Down on Prospect Avenue. I substitute the oil for black oil in my medium recipe. Large paintings (Down on Prospect Avenue is 44\" x 60\") have issues that smaller ones don't have. Matching tones previously used, to name just one.\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\/07\/ADS_4427.jpg?fit=800%2C623&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ADS_4427.jpg?fit=800%2C623&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ADS_4427.jpg?fit=800%2C623&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ADS_4427.jpg?fit=800%2C623&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7733,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2018\/03\/turpentine-diaries-3-18-18\/","url_meta":{"origin":8090,"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":7624,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2018\/01\/turpentine-diaries-1-21-18\/","url_meta":{"origin":8090,"position":2},"title":"Turpentine diaries 1\/21\/18","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"January 21, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"I was going to write about some medium-related topics today but I am tired and want to keep this brief. Today's sessions with Down on Prospect Avenue were filled with pushing and pulling.\u00a0 Not struggling but pounding things into shape: somethings lighter; somethings darker; somethings cooler; somethings warmer--you get the\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\/2018\/01\/studio-2018-1-21.png?fit=800%2C561&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/studio-2018-1-21.png?fit=800%2C561&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/studio-2018-1-21.png?fit=800%2C561&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/studio-2018-1-21.png?fit=800%2C561&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8265,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2019\/02\/turpentine-diaries-2-3-19\/","url_meta":{"origin":8090,"position":3},"title":"Turpentine diaries 2\/3\/19","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"February 3, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"I finished these three paintings today. Yeah, that's a lot for me. But all of them have been 'almost' done for some time. Paintings can represent problems to solve and after I solve them, if that doesn't finish the painting, I set the painting aside. Either the solution didn't solve\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;anecdotes&quot;","block_context":{"text":"anecdotes","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/category\/anecdotes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/studio-2019-2-3a.jpg?fit=800%2C643&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/studio-2019-2-3a.jpg?fit=800%2C643&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/studio-2019-2-3a.jpg?fit=800%2C643&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/studio-2019-2-3a.jpg?fit=800%2C643&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8108,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2018\/10\/turpentine-diaries-10-22-18\/","url_meta":{"origin":8090,"position":4},"title":"Turpentine diaries 10\/22\/18","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"October 22, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Normally in my Turpentine Diaries posts, I include a photo of an unfinished painting after having worked on it. 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