It’s not until you film yourself painting that you realise just how long a painting takes. I *know* how long they take, usually several days, sometimes longer. Actually seeing the process makes you realise how painstaking and slow the whole process is. Its taken me a while how to work out how to do a timelapse film and its a joy to see the work “fly” along. This is how it feels to me as I am painting (when its going well). Of course, a film can’t capture all the standing back, breaks to change the water, to clean the palette, or just to *look* at the painting. That is a dedicated painting shirt, by the way. There’s a lot of paint on the front of it.
Nellie had been lying on the bed whilst I was painting and came over when I put the palette down. Flossie and Nellie have always taken a great interest in my painting. So much so that I have been reduced to using a small camping stool as they insisted on walking along the back of the chair I used. My water is in a small jam jar with a scew-on lid as Nellie frequently tries to drink the (probably toxic) paint water if I leave it unattended. The palette also has a lid to help keep it damp and keep playful paws away from the paint. They are a large part of the reason I paint in water-based acrylic paints these days instead of oils.
