A couple of weeks ago I was in the middle of painting this portrait of Gracie and I realized how much I was growing to love this painting. Gracie is at that age where she is changing from a young girl to a young woman. So I decided to put my Nikon on a tripod and set it to shoot a still photo every six minutes while I painted. I thought since I am painting this young woman who herself is changing, I wanted to share this with you as it changes. This time-lapse takes place over about four days. It is painted in oil, on linen, as I normally do. You will notice the light change on the overall color which is the light changing in my studio during these four days from cloudy to sunny and back to cloudy. You will also notice changes happening even while my hand and brush are not in the image since the camera took those photos while I was mixing paint and I had already made many changes during that period. Watch for changes in the position of her left shoulder (the right side of the screen) and the chair. You will probably have to watch a couple of times to see all of these things happening at once. I decide along the way that these are not working and I kept moving them around over these several days. I recommend you click the YouTube icon at the bottom right of the video and watch from there so that you can set your viewing to the highest resolution possible. This way you can see the very subtle changes I make to this painting. One final thing about the portrait, since I had to set the camera at an angle from the side (so that I didn't block the view) you will notice that the image appears slightly "squashed". Maybe some day I can figure out how to shoot it from straight on while I paint. Also enjoy the music. It's a little piece I composed and recorded. Thanks for coming to see my blog and I'd love to hear back from you. I hope you will share this with others.
Steve
