~ ~ Thomas Hudson studio journal ~ ~
Cleveland, Ohio
Jacques-Louis David is one of my favorite artists. David's reputation was cemented for me the first time I visited the Louvre. David made a career revitalizing well-known stories and allegories. From the beginning of his career, David…
I'm a Nikon fanboy. My Nikon D750 is the best piece of gear that I've ever owned. Of course, good consumer that I am, I'm lusting after the Z 7 ii that Nikon announced last…
For the most part, I've stopped showing the early stages of my paintings. One thing that I've learned after running this site for 8 years is that readers assume that I only post finished work--the…
I 'finished' Trooper Escort several months ago. I often struggle with what 'finished' means in practice. These days, I put 'finished' paintings aside before signing them. This gives me time to cool off and be…
The two series that have preoccupied me over the past several years are still moving along. One of them, Playhouse Square, I started deliberately. After launching the series, I continued to take photographs in the…
After several days of drawing, I spent the last 5-6 days working on The Lens (unfinished painting on the easel). I started with the over-painting today before running out of gas. My main palette, the…
Today I had several more sessions on Directions. I posted a video of me working on some of the small, background figures.
I had 2 more sessions with Troopers. That's 7 sessions. Am I half-way through (12 sessions is par for me for paintings of this size)? I think so, yeah. I used some of my homemade…
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