{"id":14147,"date":"2026-02-04T15:57:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T20:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/?p=14147"},"modified":"2026-02-04T15:57:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T20:57:29","slug":"turpentine-diaries-2-4-26-drawing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2026\/02\/turpentine-diaries-2-4-26-drawing\/","title":{"rendered":"Turpentine diaries 2\/4\/26 drawing"},"content":{"rendered":"

What have I been up to lately? Drawing. I’ve spent the last three days drawing. The shift from painting started when I began preparing drawings for a large (5′ x 6′) painting. Today, I’m drawing just for drawing; drawings that are not studies for painting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The white-paper drawing is pen and ink. The other two are lead. I might use chalk on the dark paper drawing. I have a stash of good papers, including a large roll of watercolor paper that is also good for drawing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What have I been up to lately? Drawing. I’ve spent the last three days drawing. The shift from painting started when I began preparing drawings for a large (5′ x 6′) painting. Today, I’m drawing just for drawing; drawings that are not studies for painting. The white-paper drawing is pen and ink. The other two […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":14145,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[191,208,456,24,343],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-drawings","category-materials","category-pen-and-ink","category-shop_talk","category-turpentine-diaries"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/20260204_153200.jpg?fit=900%2C1200&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7306,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2017\/09\/turpentine-diaries-9917\/","url_meta":{"origin":14147,"position":0},"title":"Turpentine diaries 9\/9\/17","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"September 9, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The studio is busy just now. \u00a0The drawing is a study for a large painting I'm preparing to launch. \u00a0The figures, except for the right-hand two, are prominent in the new painting's design. \u00a0I plan 2-3 more figures in the large painting. \u00a0'Large' in this case means 4.5' by 5.5',\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Cleveland"","block_context":{"text":"Cleveland","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/category\/cleveland\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/studio-2017-9-9.png?fit=777%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/studio-2017-9-9.png?fit=777%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/studio-2017-9-9.png?fit=777%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/studio-2017-9-9.png?fit=777%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7987,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2018\/06\/turpentine-diaries-6-17-18\/","url_meta":{"origin":14147,"position":1},"title":"Turpentine diaries 6\/17\/18","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"June 17, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The thing about this Fabriano drawing pad is I can work-up drawings with pencil or pen--my two favorite materials--without mess or fuss.\u00a0 The really good paper I save for charcoal or pastel, but this paper is terrific for pencil drawing. 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