time lapse
A time lapse of a painting I created in 2017. Watch 'Tractor Heaven' come to live throughout the layers.
This is a view of Paton's Rock beach in the Golden Bay area of New Zealand's South Island. I was holidaying here one summer and was very curious as to why the tractor would sit out there for hours.
If you watch closely you can see when I changed the size of the tractor dramatically.
‘Tractor Heaven’ 2017, Oil on panel, 200 x 200mm , (7.8 inx 7.8 in)
Finished and sitting on the easel.
It's not often that the client is living in the same house. My good friend and flatmate Matt commissioned me to paint a scene that he had photographed from Mt Hutt looking down on the Rakaia Gorge. With the patchwork nature of the Canterbury Plains I knew it was going to be a challenge! And one I couldn't hide from the client :)
During the painting process there are times when it looks nothing like the final outcome. But the painter has the proceeding layers mapped out in their head. Thankfully Matt enjoyed watching the painting throughout each of the stages.
Below you can see some of the steps throughout the project. I have also created a time lapse of the painting coming together.
Early stages.
Detail of brushwork.
Working at night requires extra lighting.
Colour matching is so much easier outside.
Journey to Sunlight, 2018, Oil on canvas, 900 x 450mm (35.4 in x 17.7 in)
My first time lapse of my painting progress. You get to see the way I work as I add extra detail to this dog portrait. Turns out painting with a camera in the way is more challenging than I thought!
Music: Myself dabbling on the acoustic guitar
I learned a lot working on this wee video. Film setup, video cutting, music editing, then adding start and end frames. This was a lot of fun and I hope to get better with the next one.
