I faffed with the set up for the video getting it all my easel in and the subject behind it.
The painting took 40mins the video is 37 seconds...
I was there first at 6am and then there were 5 photographers, a meditation sitter, tourist with selfie stick and a flying drone all in a very small space!
I used a platte knife to apply the paint but it broke half through the sky, back to a brush but at least I got lots of paint on the board.
Once the sun is up above the horizon line you cant continue to paint its way too bright!
So pleased the time lapse video worked and on such a location!!
I went back to Langstone (in Hampshire near Portsmouth) yesterday it's been a while since I painted their. It is an inspiring place even with just a trickle of water!
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I've been wanting to video my painting process and share it for a while. My recent delves into watching people paint on You Tube has inspired me to try.
Its not easy knowing there's a camera on you the whole time and I decided to keep it simple and not do commentary but I kept having to shut my mouth as I wanted to explain what I was doing and justify some actions! It does feel like your going to be judged.
But annoyingly my battery ran out so I only got 3/4 of the painting - about 40 mins worth. But it was a good first attempt. I'm not sure if I will post the long version as I put the camera on the right side and my mixing arm rather gets in the way of the painting, I will try again and put the camera the other side!
The painting has a limited palette and emphasising the light on the water - keeping everything else tonally darker.
Happy I was able to produce while under pressure!
Here is the video a speeded up version of about 40 seconds. What do you think?
