{"id":6648,"date":"2017-01-17T18:03:07","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T23:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/?p=6648"},"modified":"2017-01-17T18:03:07","modified_gmt":"2017-01-17T23:03:07","slug":"pastels-on-canvas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2017\/01\/pastels-on-canvas\/","title":{"rendered":"Pastels on canvas"},"content":{"rendered":"

These two recent pastel drawings are on canvas. Primed canvas is an unusual support for pastels or charcoal because it’s not absorbent enough.  Pastel chalk falls off too easily.  I originally intended to use these canvases for paintings.  I had actually started painting on the larger of the two (the gray area in the lower left), but I really<\/em> didn’t like the ground.  I’ve experimented a lot over the years with canvas preparation for oils and I’ve often finished paintings on canvases that were not to my liking, but, like I said, I really<\/em> did not like these surfaces.  So I finished both as pastels.<\/p>\n

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Read more<\/span>In the Studio Oct. 14 2012<\/span><\/a><\/div>

On such non-absorbent surfaces a lot of color just falls off in spite of the frequent sprayings with varnish.  So I kept the drawing broad and loose. <\/p>\n

I have a decent stock of good pastel\/charcoal paper and these two drawings remind me that it’s time to do some DRAWING.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

These two recent pastel drawings are on canvas. Primed canvas is an unusual support for pastels or charcoal because it’s not absorbent enough.  Pastel chalk falls off too easily.  I originally intended to use these canvases for paintings.  I had actually started painting on the larger of the two (the gray area in the lower left), […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":6628,"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":[235,139,191,208,24,19,1],"tags":[276,330],"class_list":["post-6648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anecdotes","category-bio","category-drawings","category-materials","category-shop_talk","category-studio","category-uncategorized","tag-drawing","tag-pastels"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/pastels-2.jpg?fit=800%2C768&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6699,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2017\/01\/studio-journal-12917\/","url_meta":{"origin":6648,"position":0},"title":"Studio journal 1\/29\/17","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"January 29, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Paintings take on a life of their own. \u00a0Sometimes that's good; other times, not so good and I argue with the painting. \u00a0I am not arguing with Playhouse Square Visit but I am surprised at the direction it insists on taking me. \u00a0Not unhappy--just surprised. 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