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art, artist, butterfly, Emily Page Art, india ink, paint, painter, painting, painting video, Raleigh art, Raleigh artist, watercolor, watercolor and ink painting, watercolor painting
People keep telling me I need to do videos of myself making art. The problem with that is that realist paintings take a looooooong time, and it’s tiny little paintstrokes and it’s pretty boring to watch. So I’ve decided to do a few quick and dirty watercoler with India ink paintings. I don’t have a ton of experience with watercolors, and I haven’t used pen and ink since college, so for now I’m having fun experimenting and letting you watch. I did two paintings today, but my phone is an asshole and stopped recording half way through the second one. And now it’s getting dark and my studio has shitty lighting, so I can’t try again. But at least I got one done and uploaded.
I should also note that I don’t have any fancy set up for getting the camera focused on my painting, and I don’t have the money to buy a fancy set up. So I did a little artist hack and jerry-rigged a harness with some twine and hooks in my ceiling. Super hightech over here, people.
And now, for your view pleasure, here’s a little watercolor and India ink painting of a butterfly.
It was neat to see the creative process in action.
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It’s probably good to show everyone that a lot of it is trial and error. 🙂
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Thanks for taking the time to film this…I love art & Butterflies…hence my blog name…long story. A really great insight into producing a piece of art, enjoyed it! #ButterflyLove 😁
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So glad you liked it!
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Aha! OK, I love the butterfly. Your filming technique though! Absolute genius! It’s genius technician awesome haha!
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Thanks! I gave myself the giggles when I was attaching the twine!
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