{"id":8517,"date":"2019-08-10T21:22:17","date_gmt":"2019-08-11T01:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/?p=8517"},"modified":"2019-10-06T22:46:19","modified_gmt":"2019-10-07T02:46:19","slug":"i-think-no-i-mean-yes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2019\/08\/i-think-no-i-mean-yes\/","title":{"rendered":"I think no, I mean yes"},"content":{"rendered":"

…but it’s all wrong… So the song goes. This is a painting that I turned to the wall for a long time as I tried to work out what was bothering me about it. I do this frequently when I hit a wall. I put the painting aside and think<\/em> about it. Sometimes solutions come to me in dreams or daydreams. Sometimes I dream of new paintings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this case, I decided that I didn’t like the background figure, so I painted over<\/g> it. I liked that solution even worse! Today I cleaned the over-painting away to reveal the original figure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

You can see the figure in this detail even though it’s a scribbled mess. My plan now is to repaint the background figure and finish the painting by sticking to my original design. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I make design changes all the time but I try to resolve everything during the drawing stage. It’s a pain to correct already finished passages, as here. But I learned long a go to let a painting take me where it wants to go. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

…but it’s all wrong… So the song goes. This is a painting that I turned to the wall for a long time as I tried to work out what was bothering me about it. I do this frequently when I hit a wall. I put the painting aside and think about it. 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