~ ~ Thomas Hudson studio journal ~ ~
I have always liked Goya. During my printmaking period, Goya's prints were constantly before my mind. The highlight of my visit to New York's Metropolitan last year was a Goya painting. This fall I hoped to attend London's National Gallery's exhibit, Goya: The Portraits.…
The first In the studio post of the new year. On the Square is part of my Playhouse Square series. There are 15 figures in the 48" x 60" painting (16 if you count a figure…
Today's was the fourth painting session on Girl in the Purple Boots II. I think it's far enough along now that you can get a sense of what it is about. I'm in my second…
Recently, I wrote about my experience with maroger--a mastic-based medium. Maroger was my standard medium for a period, although I haven't used it in a number of years. I stopped using it because details are…
I spent most of my time recently working on new paintings that are still too raw to show. I am also working on a new cycle of pieces that are still in the drawing stage. I…
I've posted little this week. The flu sapped my energy and I preserved what little of it I had for painting and drawing. Most days, I got very little work done, and what I did exhausted…
I've been under the weather for several days and haven't painted much. I've gotten ill the last several birthdays it seems. I did get a little painting done, but not much, like I said. During typical…
The ground on this painting, Three Women (VW Bug), is wonderful. It's a traditional oil ground applied over acrylic gesso. A traditional oil ground is essentially white oil paint with the addition of chalk. The chalk makes…
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