A Recent Painting

Thought I would put this here because I find it interesting to look through time-lapse photos of a painting being done.  I did a painting recently based on the above photo, which was taken in Forrest, Victoria.  I pretty much painted it exactly as-is but I had to stretch and flatten it out a bit to make it fit the canvas I had, which was longer and thinner, and I did add a mossy log in the middle because I like mossy logs and I thought it looked good.

Here's a series of photos of the process.  I have arranged them in a nifty zigzag pattern, otherwise they make your eyes go funny as you scroll down through them.

And the finished painting:

I can't look at it now without thinking of Margaret Atwood's 'The Year of the Flood' which I was listening to on audiobook while I was painting.  I find the actual process of painting quite dull, but I do it because I'm usually quite pleased, surprised even, by what I can achieve.  But yeah, if I don't listen to something while I'm working or I get pretty bored.  Painting doesn't really require any thought processes, apart from 'hmm, the green in that spot needs to be darker' and the occasional 'ugh this looks stupid... oh well I'll keep going and it might get better'.