{"id":8383,"date":"2019-04-20T18:01:27","date_gmt":"2019-04-20T22:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/?p=8383"},"modified":"2019-04-20T18:01:37","modified_gmt":"2019-04-20T22:01:37","slug":"turpentine-diaries-4-20-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2019\/04\/turpentine-diaries-4-20-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Turpentine diaries 4\/20\/19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This photo shows my new painting, <em>Troopers<\/em>, after 4 sessions. I&rsquo;ve covered the canvas with paint, and now I&rsquo;m putting it aside to dry. I typically need 12 sessions to finish a painting of this size.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"798\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/studio-2019-4-20-798x1024.jpg?resize=798%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/studio-2019-4-20.jpg?resize=798%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 798w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/studio-2019-4-20.jpg?resize=600%2C770&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/studio-2019-4-20.jpg?resize=234%2C300&amp;ssl=1 234w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/studio-2019-4-20.jpg?resize=768%2C986&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/studio-2019-4-20.jpg?resize=560%2C719&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/studio-2019-4-20.jpg?resize=260%2C334&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/studio-2019-4-20.jpg?resize=160%2C205&amp;ssl=1 160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/studio-2019-4-20.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 798px) 100vw, 798px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I am in a fury of work. I&rsquo;m finishing the designs for four canvases similarly-sized, and starting the drawings for 2 larger canvases. Finally, I&rsquo;m preparing the surfaces on 4 other canvases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This photo shows my new painting, Troopers, after 4 sessions. I&rsquo;ve covered the canvas with paint, and now I&rsquo;m putting it aside to dry. I typically need 12 sessions to finish a painting of this size. I am in a fury of work. I&rsquo;m finishing the designs for four canvases similarly-sized, and starting the drawings [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":8382,"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":[10,208,6,24,19,343,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cleveland","category-materials","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\/2019\/04\/studio-2019-4-20.jpg?fit=800%2C1027&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8371,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2019\/04\/turpentine-diaries-4-7-19\/","url_meta":{"origin":8383,"position":0},"title":"Turpentine diaries 4\/7\/19","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"April 7, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Crossing is part of the Main Street Series. I had several long sessions with it just now but I have no idea when I might finish it. Soon I hope. There are 17 figures or parts of figures in the 44\" x 60\" space. Every figure is well below lifesize.\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\/2019\/04\/studio-2019-4-7.jpg?fit=888%2C689&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/studio-2019-4-7.jpg?fit=888%2C689&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/studio-2019-4-7.jpg?fit=888%2C689&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/studio-2019-4-7.jpg?fit=888%2C689&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8229,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2019\/01\/turpentine-diaries-1-13-19\/","url_meta":{"origin":8383,"position":1},"title":"Turpentine diaries 1\/13\/19","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"January 13, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Booth at the Fair ( or At the Fair or The Fair) is 44\" x 60,\" which makes it one of the larger canvases I've worked on recently. I am working on the drawing for a larger canvas--54\" x 66.\" I also have a passel of 48\" x 60\" canvases\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\/2019\/01\/studio-2019-1-13.jpg?fit=800%2C561&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/studio-2019-1-13.jpg?fit=800%2C561&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/studio-2019-1-13.jpg?fit=800%2C561&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/studio-2019-1-13.jpg?fit=800%2C561&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7325,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2017\/09\/turpentine-diaries-92417\/","url_meta":{"origin":8383,"position":2},"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. I plan to\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\/09\/studio-2017-9-24.png?fit=800%2C1088&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/studio-2017-9-24.png?fit=800%2C1088&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/studio-2017-9-24.png?fit=800%2C1088&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/studio-2017-9-24.png?fit=800%2C1088&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8149,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2018\/12\/turpentine-diaries-12-16-2018\/","url_meta":{"origin":8383,"position":3},"title":"Turpentine diaries 12\/16\/2018","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"December 16, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"I finished Bench by the Lake in a short session yesterday. I hadn't looked at the painting for months before yesterday's session. It's not unusual for a painting to be in-hand for a long time, and then--boom--I finish quickly. The top painting in the photo, Keep Talking, is still raw.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;aesthetics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"aesthetics","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/category\/aesthetics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/studio-2018-12-16.jpg?fit=675%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/studio-2018-12-16.jpg?fit=675%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/studio-2018-12-16.jpg?fit=675%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7131,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2017\/06\/turpentine-diaries-62517\/","url_meta":{"origin":8383,"position":4},"title":"Turpentine diaries 6\/25\/17","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"June 25, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The Girl in the Lavender Dress, another painting in the Playhouse Square series, is nearly finished and today's was only the sixth session, which is fast for me.\u00a0 You can see in the right background two canvases that I recently\u00a0prepared. \u00a0Both are 36\" x 48,\" which is the same size\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\/2017\/06\/studio-2017-6-25.jpg?fit=800%2C565&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/studio-2017-6-25.jpg?fit=800%2C565&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/studio-2017-6-25.jpg?fit=800%2C565&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/studio-2017-6-25.jpg?fit=800%2C565&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7905,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2018\/04\/turpentine-diaries-4-28-18\/","url_meta":{"origin":8383,"position":5},"title":"Turpentine diaries 4\/28\/18","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"April 28, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"This photo shows my first painting session with Agamemnon and Orestes.\u00a0 I know, I know, a bit high falutin but I am reading Aeschylus's Eumenides.\u00a0 Agamemnon and Orestes is 44\" x 60.\" I mentioned that I prefer white grounds these days, but I am always preparing canvases, which means I\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\/04\/studio-2018-4-28.jpg?fit=800%2C1046&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/studio-2018-4-28.jpg?fit=800%2C1046&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/studio-2018-4-28.jpg?fit=800%2C1046&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/studio-2018-4-28.jpg?fit=800%2C1046&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Gw6F-2bd","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}