and now for something completely different

as i continued the portrait of rosie i looked a bit more closely at the camera i was losing and realized that it would take about 30 minutes of video if i had a card with enough me4mory. as it turned out i had enough for a little less than 19 minutes. so, i tried experimenting with shooting some video as i painted. i was at the point on this particular painting where i was really niggling with some very small changes in an attempt to get as close a likeness as i could. as such it might be a bit boring, but.......too bad.

there are lots of things wrong with the film. its too yellow owing to the lights, the sound is tinny, i didn't know what i was doing in the editing part, i'm not sure i got the title right, blah, blah, blah. all that not withstanding i thought there might be one or two of you out there that might like seeing some of the brush work, etc.

there are somethings that i should have mentioned while i went along and also in the form of introduction that, due primarily to by lack of experience, i neglected to mention. the brush i used throughout was a #16 cosmotop round by da vinci. the paper is almost vertical being held so by a french box easel set on a table top so that the painting is about eye level in the midsection. i am painting standing up.

so here it is:

                                       
the quality is a little bit blurry and only about 10 minutes or so would load, but i'll see what i can do to improve if there is a next time. cheers for now.