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    Year: 2019

    Trekell fails
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    Trekell fails

    Tom Hudson November 10, 2019

    Lately, I've been spammed a lot by the independent brush manufacturer, Trekell. Oil paint is murder on sable brushes so Trekell's decent quality sables coupled with modest prices led me to past purchases. I have…

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    Fall along the lake
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    Fall along the lake

    Tom Hudson November 3, 2019

    Lake Erie keeps the Fall weather mild in NE Ohio. Halloween is often shirtsleeve weather here. New Jersey, where we lived before moving here, is always cold by this time. I remember freezing as I…

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    Podcast: Where did modern art start?
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    Podcast: Where did modern art start?

    Tom Hudson October 24, 2019

    Where and when did modern art start? Let's start with Courbet. Bonjour M Courbet Burial at Ornans The Artist's Studio

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    Starting another painting
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    Starting another painting

    Tom Hudson October 20, 2019

    The drawing is transferred to the canvas for the new painting I'm calling The Entertainer. The Entertainer is 40" x 50". I applied the warm ground with a rag. I was careful to keep the…

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    Goop nope
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    Goop nope

    Tom Hudson October 8, 2019

    After talking with Robert Doak, I followed his recommendation and purchased some of his Painting Goop. I shouldn't have. I normally stay away from thick painting mediums, but I enjoyed my far-ranging conversion, and everything…

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    St. Charles’ good book
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    St. Charles’ good book

    Tom Hudson October 3, 2019

    Methods and Materials of Painting of the Great Schools and Masters by Sir Charles Eastlake is the best resource--by far--for information about painting methods and materials. Just like the title states. The older studio traditions…

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    Robert Doak
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    Robert Doak

    Tom Hudson September 2, 2019

    I was marveling about how good the sun-thickened oil is that I got from Robert Doak. Like everything I've ever purchased from him, the quality is excellent. I'm not out of the sun-thickened oil yet…

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    I think no, I mean yes
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    I think no, I mean yes

    Tom Hudson August 10, 2019

    ...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…

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