{"id":7231,"date":"2017-07-30T21:43:39","date_gmt":"2017-07-31T01:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/?p=7231"},"modified":"2017-07-30T21:43:39","modified_gmt":"2017-07-31T01:43:39","slug":"turpentine-diaries-73017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2017\/07\/turpentine-diaries-73017\/","title":{"rendered":"Turpentine diaries 7\/30\/17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Sub Rosa<\/em>, on the easel, is part of the Main Street series. &nbsp;I&rsquo;ve been using RGH&rsquo;s ultra-fine flake white regularly, which can be seen in the middle of the palette. &nbsp;I like it. &nbsp;Last week, I used the last of a tube of flake white from Blue Ridge, which is also excellent paint. &nbsp;I was surprised&nbsp;by how much of the Blue Ridge paint it took to mix a middle gray compared to the RGH. &nbsp;The RGH is heavily&nbsp;pigmented and flowing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a 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of the palette. &nbsp;I like it. &nbsp;Last week, I used the last of a tube of flake white from Blue Ridge, which is also excellent paint. &nbsp;I was 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diaries 3\/24\/18","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"March 24, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"I am using Utrecht flake white these past several days.\u00a0 I like it.\u00a0 It has good covering strength and it's decently priced.\u00a0 While I like RGH better, RGH prices keep creeping higher.\u00a0 Plus, a recently-purchased tube of raw umber is an oily mess.\u00a0 The tube leaks oil and the oil\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\/2018\/03\/studio-2018-3-18-1.png?fit=710%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/studio-2018-3-18-1.png?fit=710%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, 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Hudson","date":"December 10, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"I refreshed my paint stock last week. Instead of buying from Blue Ridge or RGH as I have been, I bought these oils from Blick. I like RGH but their tubes--the physical tubes--are the worst I've ever tried to use. As for Blue Ridge, I noticed that their flake white\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\/2019\/12\/paint-buy.jpg?fit=800%2C444&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/paint-buy.jpg?fit=800%2C444&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/paint-buy.jpg?fit=800%2C444&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/paint-buy.jpg?fit=800%2C444&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7916,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2018\/05\/turpentine-diaries-5-6-18\/","url_meta":{"origin":7231,"position":3},"title":"Turpentine diaries 5\/6\/18","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"May 7, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"This photo shows Crossing after my\u00a04th session. Nothing is close to being finished except the blue of the sky, ultramarine blue + cobalt blue + flake white. The broad\u00a0range of scale among the figures is fun to paint. As an exercise, try changing-up the scale in your paintings.\u00a0 \u00a0","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Main Street&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Main Street","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/category\/main-street\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/studio-2018-5-6.png?fit=800%2C642&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/studio-2018-5-6.png?fit=800%2C642&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/studio-2018-5-6.png?fit=800%2C642&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/studio-2018-5-6.png?fit=800%2C642&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7636,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2018\/01\/turpentine-diaries-1-28-18\/","url_meta":{"origin":7231,"position":4},"title":"Turpentine diaries 1\/28\/18","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"January 28, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"I've written several times about the oil paint manufacturer RGH.\u00a0 No, I don't have a relationship with them, it's just that I use their product a lot.\u00a0 Their flake white is my current go-to white.\u00a0 They also sometimes send me free paint when I order from them, such as the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Cleveland&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Cleveland","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/category\/cleveland\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ochre-blue.png?fit=800%2C476&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ochre-blue.png?fit=800%2C476&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ochre-blue.png?fit=800%2C476&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ochre-blue.png?fit=800%2C476&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8804,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2020\/05\/rgh-vs-utrecht\/","url_meta":{"origin":7231,"position":5},"title":"RGH vs Utrecht","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"May 17, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"A reader asks wether I prefer Utrecht flake white or RGH's. To answer the question directly: I prefer Utrecht (barely). Utrecht covers better and has more body. To demonstrate this, I share a simple side-by-side comparison. (Note: I currently have some of RGH's extra fine white. 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