I am have been trying something new over the last few weeks. Of course it is only new for me, but still it might be interesting to see the results. I have been making stop motion video clips of the painting that have been working on over the last several months. It is a little rough, and I might be able to clean it up with an editor, and I had the idea in the middle of the painting, but when I run the clips together, it looks a little as if the painting is painting itself. Hopefully future paintings will work better, but this is the first attempt, and it still is pretty good even so. The biggest challenge in all of this is the camera setup. I needed to set it up an a tripod, and lock it into one spot for the duration, so that I had consistent camera angles. I had shoot it in situ, but I found that I could not get the entire painting shot evenly. Eventually I mounted the painting on the wall and drew a pencil line on two edges so that it would always hang in the same spot, and then shot a short clip after every painting session. More work, and the results are sketchy, but hopefully it will be refined and future attempts will look more professional. With a smaller painting I could probably film it right where it is being painted. Then I will have to try some shots will it is being painted.
Once I get the camera learned, I will have to try making workshop videos. Might need a stunt double. Ha!
