{"id":8257,"date":"2019-02-02T18:20:30","date_gmt":"2019-02-02T23:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/?p=8257"},"modified":"2019-02-10T07:47:59","modified_gmt":"2019-02-10T12:47:59","slug":"murder-on-brushes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2019\/02\/murder-on-brushes\/","title":{"rendered":"Murder on brushes"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first session with my new painting, Fork,<\/em> mangled a new brush. Fork<\/g><\/em> is a large painting, 54″ x 66″. Because it’s so large I am not transferring a cartoon to the canvas but drawing directly on the surface, as you can see in this detail. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The lower third of the drawing isn’t actually finished but it’s far enough along that I can start painting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

I mixed some turquoises-gray…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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…plunged a new brush into the paint and started. After a half-hour, you can see the damage to the brush–a new one, mind. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Read more<\/span>Smooth Move—Smooth Painting Surfaces<\/span><\/a><\/div>

The canvas ground is rougher than usual and just chews-up bristle brushes. This is why I have a lot of brushes. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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