{"id":590,"date":"2012-09-12T18:52:15","date_gmt":"2012-09-12T18:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?p=590"},"modified":"2012-09-12T18:52:15","modified_gmt":"2012-09-12T18:52:15","slug":"staining-canvas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?p=590","title":{"rendered":"Staining Canvas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today’s Run: \u00a03.56 miles (Watson Rd)<\/p>\n

Began a new painting today. \u00a0My husband makes all my\u00a0canvases for me, made to order~to size even. \u00a0Good deal for me~lots of work for him. \u00a0He is a good guy.<\/p>\n

Anyway, he made me a new canvas, 24 x 18, for a painting of lots of\u00a0foliage and some peonies. \u00a0It is a busy composition, lots of green stuff and very few actual flowers. \u00a0Let me explain.<\/p>\n

I have a book with “directions”. \u00a0These directions introduce new painting techniques with little or no direction. \u00a0Such is the case with this painting. \u00a0The directions say, “Stain canvas.”. \u00a0Lovely. \u00a0Yes, I did Google “staining a canvas” before I began and kinda had a clue as to what I was doing. \u00a0So, I stained the canvas today.<\/p>\n

You have to visualize, in your mind, the finished painting BEFORE you stain. \u00a0It will influence where you place the paint, what colors you use in different locations of the canvas, how dark to put the paint…so a little thought does goes into the painting before you even begin.<\/p>\n

So, here is my stain. \u00a0Use your imagination. \u00a0Where is the source of the light? Where is the most dense foliage? \u00a0How in the world is this going to turn into a painting??? \u00a0Stay tuned! \u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today’s Run: \u00a03.56 miles (Watson Rd) Began a new painting today. \u00a0My husband makes all my\u00a0canvases for me, made to order~to size even. \u00a0Good deal for me~lots of work for him. \u00a0He is a good guy. Anyway, he made me a new canvas, 24 x 18, for a painting of lots of\u00a0foliage and some peonies. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,8,12,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=590"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":592,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590\/revisions\/592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}