{"id":5671,"date":"2015-12-23T19:51:29","date_gmt":"2015-12-24T00:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/?p=5671"},"modified":"2015-12-23T19:51:29","modified_gmt":"2015-12-24T00:51:29","slug":"in-the-studio-122315","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2015\/12\/in-the-studio-122315\/","title":{"rendered":"In the studio 12\/23\/15"},"content":{"rendered":"

What better time to work on a summer-themed painting than in the middle of winter. Keith and Jane Aboard the Betty Jane<\/em> is going slowly because I’m taking my time with the water. There is a lot of Lake Erie in this 48″ x 60″ painting. When it’s finished, the water on the right-side will be much lighter than it is in the photo, and that on the left-side much darker.<\/p>\n

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The unfinished ‘Keith and Jane Aboard the Betty Jane’ on the easel. The painting is 48″ x 60″<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The trick to painting water is that there has to be enough detail to be convincing but not too much or it is distracting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What better time to work on a summer-themed painting than in the middle of winter. Keith and Jane Aboard the Betty Jane is going slowly because I’m taking my time with the water. There is a lot of Lake Erie in this 48″ x 60″ painting. 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