{"id":8049,"date":"2018-08-19T19:18:44","date_gmt":"2018-08-19T23:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/?p=8049"},"modified":"2019-04-05T10:17:08","modified_gmt":"2019-04-05T14:17:08","slug":"turpentine-diaries-8-19-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2018\/08\/turpentine-diaries-8-19-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Turpentine diaries 8\/19\/18"},"content":{"rendered":"

For today’s session with Lunch Alone<\/em>, in addition to my usual medium, I used ‘flavored’ turpentine for my solvent: turpentine with some homemade drying oil<\/a>, plus drops of Courtrai siccative.<\/p>\n

Readers of my blog know I post a lot about mediums and other arcane elements of art making. If you want to start experimenting with mediums, my advice is first to become familiar with the different surface or canvas preparations.  The surface significantly affects medium performance; don’t confuse surface effects with medium effects.  If what I’m saying makes sense, you’ve probably already sorted this out.<\/p>\n

Read more<\/span>Cleveland Museum of Art Opens Renovations<\/span><\/a><\/div>

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Painting can be like math problems (I like math). Solving a problem is often frustrating; you can spend a lot of time and make little progress.  But when the light goes on, it’s fun and easy; painting is sheer joy.<\/p>\n

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

The unfinished Lunch Alone<\/em> is 32″x 48.”  At this scale, drawing misses–even small ones–create roadblocks.  Sketchiness is desirable in some areas–I don’t want all-over, equal focus, after all. But other areas must hit the mark.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For today’s session with Lunch Alone, in addition to my usual medium, I used ‘flavored’ turpentine for my solvent: turpentine with some homemade drying oil, plus drops of Courtrai siccative. Readers of my blog know I post a lot about mediums and other arcane elements of art making. If you want to start experimenting with mediums, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":8048,"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":[251,10,208,6,24,19,343,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aesthetics","category-cleveland","category-materials","category-paintings","category-shop_talk","category-studio","category-turpentine-diaries","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/studio-2018-8-19.jpg?fit=800%2C1204&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7516,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2017\/11\/turpentine-diaries-11-26-17\/","url_meta":{"origin":8049,"position":0},"title":"Turpentine diaries 11\/26\/17","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"November 26, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"After flavoring my medium with additions for several days, today I used my normal medium.\u00a0 I worked on this painting during both of today's sessions.\u00a0 When the painting surface is right, as with this painting, my normal medium is unbeatable.\u00a0 What is a good surface?\u00a0 I like smooth surfaces.\u00a0 'Smooth'\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "materials"","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\/2017\/11\/studio-2017-11-26.png?fit=800%2C682&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/studio-2017-11-26.png?fit=800%2C682&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/studio-2017-11-26.png?fit=800%2C682&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/studio-2017-11-26.png?fit=800%2C682&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7671,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2018\/02\/turpentine-diaries-2-11-18\/","url_meta":{"origin":8049,"position":1},"title":"Turpentine diaries 2\/11\/18","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"February 11, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"This unfinished painting, Lunch Alone is 32\" x 46,\" is part of the Playhouse Square series.\u00a0 I like my medium a lot but I'm always willing to try new things, especially when they come from James Groves.\u00a0 I've written before about how much I like his products, copal varnish, and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "materials"","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\/02\/studio-2018-2-11.png?fit=761%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/studio-2018-2-11.png?fit=761%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/studio-2018-2-11.png?fit=761%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/studio-2018-2-11.png?fit=761%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7313,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2017\/09\/turpentine-diaries-91617\/","url_meta":{"origin":8049,"position":2},"title":"Turpentine diaries 9\/16\/17","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"September 16, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Along 4th Street is 40\" x 50.\" \u00a0The surface is very good and the painting is moving well. \u00a0When the surface is solid, I do less re-painting and things go faster. 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