VIDEO: Bled by the Light | Process and Symbolism

Hello My Moons, 

Here is a little time-lapse with voice-over of my small piece Bled by the Light.  I chat a bit about the process as well as the symbolism behind the piece and more detail on the red-faced mink as a character.   I also talk a bit about how adding extra details to various elements in your work outside the character, can help pull your viewers into your universe. 

I apologize for the occasional shaky camera in this video.  I love my new tripod arm but Pancake the cat, also loves it, and was consistently  bumping it in the video. 

Surface: Book board cut to fit plaster frame

Paint: Daniel Smith Carbazole Violet. Daniel Smith Phalo Green, Daniel Smith Prussian Blue, Daniel Smith Burgundy Yellow Ochre, Daniel Smith Carmine, Daniel Smith Permanent Red,  Grumbacher Thalo Blue, Pearl Ex pigments Aztec Gold 

Leaf: Mona Lisa metal leaf; gold. 

Brushes:  Various synthetic brushes including dull, 10/0 Royal and Langnickel brushes, and Winsor and Newton synthetic Sable 000 Sceptre Gold II Sakura Waterbrush

People Mentioned in this video

Artist Dorothy De Paulo and her stunning coloured pencil works, currently on display at Valkarie Gallery