{"id":9777,"date":"2021-08-29T21:58:57","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T01:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/?p=9777"},"modified":"2021-08-29T22:01:12","modified_gmt":"2021-08-30T02:01:12","slug":"white-balloon-2nd-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2021\/08\/white-balloon-2nd-session\/","title":{"rendered":"White Balloon 2nd session"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last time<\/a> I wrote about getting my painting titled White Balloon<\/em> ready–the preparatory drawing and the first painting session. I am carrying the painting forward with this update.<\/p>\n

Here is White Balloon<\/em> after my second painting session. You can better see the painting’s bones in this photo. It’s going to take time to put flesh on those bones.<\/p>\n

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

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I’ve been busy this week preparing another canvas. The new painting contains two figures in its 40″ x 54″ space–the same size as White Balloon<\/em>. The changed scale with just two figures affects my approach. The scale has a big impact, which is why I try to vary it from painting to painting. <\/p>\n

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

I also got in some new canvas last week, enough for four more paintings. I’ll soon have 7 ‘standard size’ canvases (40″ x 54″) in hand. The canvas is the same linen-cotton blend that I am using in White Balloon<\/em>. I like it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last time I wrote about getting my painting titled White Balloon ready–the preparatory drawing and the first painting session. I am carrying the painting forward with this update. Here is White Balloon after my second painting session. You can better see the painting’s bones in this photo. 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