{"id":2026,"date":"2013-06-02T20:30:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-03T00:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/?p=2026"},"modified":"2013-06-02T20:32:01","modified_gmt":"2013-06-03T00:32:01","slug":"drawing-drawing-drawing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2013\/06\/drawing-drawing-drawing\/","title":{"rendered":"Drawing, Drawing, Drawing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lately, I’ve spent nearly all my time drawing. The accompanying photo shows three canvases prepared and ready for painting. The finished ink drawings were covered by a thin varnish-based ground.  After the neutral-gray grounds are thoroughly dry (about a week), I will start painting them. The two larger paintings are 30″ x 40.”<\/p>\n

\"Three<\/a>
Three Canvases With Finished Drawings and Grounds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here’s a closeup of one of the paintings.<\/p>\n

Read more<\/span>Cleveland Museum of Art Opens Renovations<\/span><\/a><\/div>

\"draw-2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The process I use to start paintings–pencil drawing, fixed with ink–is described in this post<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lately, I’ve spent nearly all my time drawing. The accompanying photo shows three canvases prepared and ready for painting. The finished ink drawings were covered by a thin varnish-based ground.  After the neutral-gray grounds are thoroughly dry (about a week), I will start painting them. 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