{"id":3730,"date":"2014-06-22T13:40:09","date_gmt":"2014-06-22T17:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/?p=3730"},"modified":"2014-06-22T13:40:10","modified_gmt":"2014-06-22T17:40:10","slug":"study-finishing-the-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2014\/06\/study-finishing-the-call\/","title":{"rendered":"Study: finishing The Call"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 36″ x 48″ oil titled The Call<\/em> is finished. This is the seventh and final post in the series about making this painting. Here are the links to the other posts:<\/p>\n

Part\u00a01<\/a><\/p>\n

Part\u00a02<\/a><\/p>\n

Part 3<\/a><\/p>\n

Part 4<\/a><\/p>\n

Part 5<\/a><\/p>\n

Part 6<\/a><\/p>\n

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‘The Call’ finished version<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I started the painting in May 2013 and finished it yesterday on the summer solstice. As regular readers know, I work on A LOT of paintings simultaneously. This is a habit I developed\u00a0from the outset of my career. \u00a0According to my studio journal, it took 24 sessions to finish The Call<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The method I followed is the one I normally use: pencil drawing on a neutral ground; fix\u00a0finished drawing (make impervious to thinners)\u00a0with ink; cover\u00a0the entire surface with local color; additional\u00a0under-painting to strengthen the drawing; finishing layers–as many as necessary. The most import step is the drawing.<\/p>\n

For those interested, the medium is: copal varnish, black oil, cold-pressed linseed oil, turpentine, and courtrai drier. The amount of each ingredient varied depending of the stage–more varnish early, less\u00a0later.<\/p>\n

In 6 months, when it is thoroughly dry, I will give\u00a0it a final\u00a0varnish.<\/p>\n

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The 36″ x 48″ oil titled The Call is finished. This is the seventh and final post in the series about making this painting. Here are the links to the other posts: Part\u00a01 Part\u00a02 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 I started the painting in May 2013 and finished it yesterday on the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":3733,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6,24,19,113,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-paintings","category-shop_talk","category-studio","category-tips_tricks","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/The_Call-finished.jpg?fit=500%2C666&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2901,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2014\/01\/study-the-call-part-5\/","url_meta":{"origin":3730,"position":0},"title":"Study: ‘The Call’ Part 5","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"January 13, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The latest version of the study shows the painting much advanced. 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