{"id":9767,"date":"2021-08-22T16:07:47","date_gmt":"2021-08-22T20:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/?p=9767"},"modified":"2021-08-22T16:07:47","modified_gmt":"2021-08-22T20:07:47","slug":"new-painting-prep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2021\/08\/new-painting-prep\/","title":{"rendered":"New painting prep"},"content":{"rendered":"

My newest painting, White Ballon<\/em>, is the standard size for me, 40″ x 54.”<\/p>\n

The drawing is simple–really the plan for the painting. I define the shapes and clarify the relationships between objects: light on dark, light on light, light on dark and light, etc. For large paintings like this, it’s immensely helpful to address these elements before I start painting. Since the surface will be entirely covered with paint, it’s pointless to push the drawing farther.<\/p>\n

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

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For my first painting session, I pre-mixed colors for the red areas. When the painting is really<\/em> large I take pains to preserve the pre-mixed color so I can use it over several days. <\/p>\n

Read more<\/span>In the Studio—10\/28\/12<\/span><\/a><\/div>

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There are 10 figures (not including the dog) in White Balloon<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My newest painting, White Ballon, is the standard size for me, 40″ x 54.” The drawing is simple–really the plan for the painting. I define the shapes and clarify the relationships between objects: light on dark, light on light, light on dark and light, etc. For large paintings like this, it’s immensely helpful to address […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":9765,"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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/wb2.jpg?fit=1000%2C760&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6288,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2016\/07\/in-the-studio-72416\/","url_meta":{"origin":9767,"position":0},"title":"In the studio 7\/24\/16","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"July 24, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"I've nearly finished the underpainting\u00a0of Man Pushing a Baby Carriage. \u00a0 I showed the initial drawing for this painting in a recent post. \u00a0 By underpainting, I mean the first sessions during which I start modeling the dark tones and apply local colors. \u00a0I use the neutral ground for lights,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "aesthetics"","block_context":{"text":"aesthetics","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/category\/aesthetics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/studio-2016-7-24.jpg?fit=666%2C835&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/studio-2016-7-24.jpg?fit=666%2C835&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/studio-2016-7-24.jpg?fit=666%2C835&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12795,"url":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2023\/09\/starting-a-painting-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":9767,"position":1},"title":"Starting a painting","author":"Tom Hudson","date":"September 4, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Everyone knows how to start a painting, right? 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