{"id":2901,"date":"2014-01-13T13:19:51","date_gmt":"2014-01-13T18:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/?p=2901"},"modified":"2014-10-20T09:44:00","modified_gmt":"2014-10-20T13:44:00","slug":"study-the-call-part-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2014\/01\/study-the-call-part-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Study: &#8216;The Call&#8217; Part 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The latest version of the study shows the painting much advanced. The modelling is done on the cement bench and pediment.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2899\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2899\" style=\"width: 555px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2014\/01\/study-the-call-part-5\/phone-a-1-12-14\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2899\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2899\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/phone-a-1-12-14.jpg?resize=555%2C751\" alt=\"Painting titled 'The Call' in progress \" width=\"555\" height=\"751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/phone-a-1-12-14.jpg?w=555&amp;ssl=1 555w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/phone-a-1-12-14.jpg?resize=221%2C300&amp;ssl=1 221w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/phone-a-1-12-14.jpg?resize=100%2C135&amp;ssl=1 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2899\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Painting titled &lsquo;The Call&rsquo; in progress<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The figure modeling needs more refinement, as is evident in this detail. I am still painting according to plan&ndash;more or less(!) After a plan is complete, there is always much to be done, especially with large paintings. Harmonizing the whole painting takes a life of its own, and the larger the painting, the longer it takes to unify it.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2897\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2897\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2014\/01\/study-the-call-part-5\/phone-c-1-12-14\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2897\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2897\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/phone-c-1-12-14.jpg?resize=400%2C600\" alt=\"Detail of 'The Call'\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/phone-c-1-12-14.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/phone-c-1-12-14.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/phone-c-1-12-14.jpg?resize=100%2C150&amp;ssl=1 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2897\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Detail of &lsquo;The Call&rsquo;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2012\/10\/cleveland-museum-of-art\/\" class=\"template-2\"><span class=\"cta\">Read more<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">Cleveland Museum of Art Opens Renovations<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Here&rsquo;s the painting on the easel.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2898\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2898\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2014\/01\/study-the-call-part-5\/phone-b-1-12-14\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2898\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2898\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/phone-b-1-12-14.jpg?resize=500%2C703\" alt=\"'The Call' on the easel\" width=\"500\" height=\"703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/phone-b-1-12-14.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/phone-b-1-12-14.jpg?resize=213%2C300&amp;ssl=1 213w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/phone-b-1-12-14.jpg?resize=100%2C140&amp;ssl=1 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2898\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&lsquo;The Call&rsquo; on the easel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I plan one more post before the painting is finished. Here are links to the previous posts in the series:<\/p>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2012\/10\/in-the-studio-oct-14-2012\/\" class=\"template-2\"><span class=\"cta\">Read more<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">In the Studio Oct. 14 2012<\/span><\/a><\/div><p><a title=\"Study: Making &lsquo;The Call&rsquo; Part 4\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2013\/09\/study-making-the-call-part-4\/\">Part 4<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Study: Making &lsquo;The Call&rsquo; Part 3\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2013\/06\/study-making-the-call-part-3\/\">&nbsp;Part 3<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2012\/10\/smooth-move-smooth-painting-surfaces\/\" class=\"template-2\"><span class=\"cta\">Read more<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">Smooth Move&mdash;Smooth Painting Surfaces<\/span><\/a><\/div><p><a title=\"Study: Making &lsquo;The Call&rsquo; Part 2\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2013\/06\/study-making-the-call-part-2\/\">Part 2<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Study: Making the Painting &lsquo;The Call&rsquo;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2013\/05\/study-making-the-painting-the-call\/\">Part 1<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2012\/10\/in-the-studio-102812\/\" class=\"template-2\"><span class=\"cta\">Read more<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">In the Studio&mdash;10\/28\/12<\/span><\/a><\/div><p><a title=\"Study: finishing The Call\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2014\/06\/study-finishing-the-call\/\" target=\"_blank\">Finished painting<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest version of the study shows the painting much advanced. The modelling is done on the cement bench and pediment. The figure modeling needs more refinement, as is evident in this detail. I am still painting according to plan&ndash;more or less(!) After a plan is complete, there is always much to be done, especially [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":2898,"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":[139,6,24,19,113,1],"tags":[20,56],"class_list":["post-2901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bio","category-paintings","category-shop_talk","category-studio","category-tips_tricks","category-uncategorized","tag-easel","tag-unfinished-paintings"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/phone-b-1-12-14.jpg?fit=500%2C703&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2542,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2013\/09\/study-making-the-call-part-4\/","url_meta":{"origin":2901,"position":0},"title":"Study: Making &#8216;The Call&#8217; Part 4","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"September 15, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"OK, so where are we now? The under-painting is done and the finishing work is started. To recap, my process is divided into several stages: Design\/Drawing: I draw the deign with pencil then fix it with ink. The drawing is a plan: I work through every area and identify any\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Paintings&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Paintings","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/category\/paintings\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"The Call version 4","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/call-4.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/call-4.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/call-4.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2089,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2013\/06\/study-making-the-call-part-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":2901,"position":1},"title":"Study: Making \u2018The Call\u2019 Part 2","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"June 9, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"This is the first update for the study about making the painting titled The Call. In the first post, the drawing was finalized and a neutral ground applied to the canvas. The Call is 36\" x 48\". After the ground was thoroughly dry, I began the under-painting. I work the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Bio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Bio","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/category\/bio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Under-painting well advanced","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/call-2.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5738,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2016\/01\/in-the-studio-12416\/","url_meta":{"origin":2901,"position":2},"title":"In the studio 1\/24\/16","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"January 24, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The light today, for once this winter, is good. I worked on these two paintings this morning. I finished (I think) the small (20\" x 24\"), gray study. I wrote about this painting before. It is a study for a larger treatment. I finished the to-scale drawing on a sheet\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;materials&quot;","block_context":{"text":"materials","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/category\/materials\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/studio-2016-1-24a.jpg?fit=666%2C869&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/studio-2016-1-24a.jpg?fit=666%2C869&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/studio-2016-1-24a.jpg?fit=666%2C869&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2253,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2013\/06\/study-making-the-call-part-3\/","url_meta":{"origin":2901,"position":3},"title":"Study: Making \u2018The Call\u2019 Part 3","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"June 30, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The under-painting is now finished. The next update will occur after the under-painting is thoroughly dry and a substantial amount of modeling and local color have been added. Part 2. Part 1. Part 4 Finished painting","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Bio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Bio","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/category\/bio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"The Call, under-painting finished","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/call-3.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":67,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2012\/10\/in-the-studio-oct-14-2012\/","url_meta":{"origin":2901,"position":4},"title":"In the Studio Oct. 14 2012","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"October 15, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Another lifelong habit I have is working on several--sometimes very many--painting simultaneously. I will put a painting aside to be taken up later any number of times. 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