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Today I went off to my second day of the Wayne Art Center's Plein Air excursion. This time it was to the Water Wheel at the Eastern University. I had only a little trouble finding the place as Google maps are not always exactly right I'm finding. Since it was such a hot day I didn't think I would be capable of finishing a painting outside so I decided to take along my camera and my iPad and see if I could do something interesting with the iPad with a back up of photos to work on at home just in case.
The first thing I didn't do was bring a chair so I had to sit on the ground. Luckily I had a mat to sit on and had sprayed for insects so it was only the problem of a possible back ache to worry about. The second thing I didn't do was bring my iPad pen so I had to work with my finger. This is a bit clumsy as you can imagine.
I could see this was going to be some rough going but I made a few attempts at getting the scene and managed to work for 2 hours without feeling too uncomfortable. When I got home and put the potential video into Final Cut Pro I realized it was vertical and the Final Cur Pro screen is horizontal..oops so there would be a lot of space left over on either side of the image. I decided to simply create something with four versions of the painting, which needed all the help it could get, to see how the parts would come together. You can't beat symmetry for interesting shapes, no matter what else is going on. The finished product had a rather oriental look so I added this music by Kevin McLoed.
And here it is already in Youtube and ready for your viewing pleasure.
ORIENTAL GARDEN
https://youtu.be/1VjeXMZkndY
The first thing I didn't do was bring a chair so I had to sit on the ground. Luckily I had a mat to sit on and had sprayed for insects so it was only the problem of a possible back ache to worry about. The second thing I didn't do was bring my iPad pen so I had to work with my finger. This is a bit clumsy as you can imagine.
I could see this was going to be some rough going but I made a few attempts at getting the scene and managed to work for 2 hours without feeling too uncomfortable. When I got home and put the potential video into Final Cut Pro I realized it was vertical and the Final Cur Pro screen is horizontal..oops so there would be a lot of space left over on either side of the image. I decided to simply create something with four versions of the painting, which needed all the help it could get, to see how the parts would come together. You can't beat symmetry for interesting shapes, no matter what else is going on. The finished product had a rather oriental look so I added this music by Kevin McLoed.
And here it is already in Youtube and ready for your viewing pleasure.
ORIENTAL GARDEN
https://youtu.be/1VjeXMZkndY
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