~ ~ Thomas Hudson studio journal ~ ~
My painting medium consists of oil, essential oil (turpentine), copal varnish, and driers. I like my medium, and it's suitable for everything painting-wise except a few corner cases. For the corner cases, I add a…
More Playhouse Square work. This one is creatively titled Trip to Playhouse Square. This (still) unfinished painting is 40" x 50." I like the size and recently ordered enough stretchers for 9 paintings sizes 40"…
This unfinished painting, Lunch Alone is 32" x 46," is part of the Playhouse Square series. I like my medium a lot but I'm always willing to try new things, especially when they come from…
I've written several times about the oil paint manufacturer RGH. No, I don't have a relationship with them, it's just that I use their product a lot. Their flake white is my current go-to white. …
I was going to write about some medium-related topics today but I am tired and want to keep this brief. Today's sessions with Down on Prospect Avenue were filled with pushing and pulling. Not struggling…
I'm using a touch of a new medium today--Grove's Cole's varnish. It's a copal-based varnish, which makes it close--first cousin--to my normal medium. I plan, after more work, to write a review, so I won't…
I worked on Booth at the Fair these past two days. It's starting to move my way. I can struggle with paintings for a variety of reasons, sometimes technical, sometimes who knows what. This painting hit…
My homemade palette has provided good service for several years. It has enough room to muck about in, but it's not so large that it's difficult to move or clean. I converted the glass-framed reproduction…
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