I’ve been talking with some friends about art making. They’re saying I should have some kind of record-keeping. I say that makes sense. I’m not sure how I want to implement it, though.
One says I should stream myself making paintings. I don’t have a good way to at the moment. The studio is pretty small; the height to the ceiling is only about 8 feet. Also, the room isn’t very wide, and I have a bunch of stuff already scattered around the room. So, it’s kind of hard to figure out a good place to set up a camera. Not to mention I would be blocking the audience’s view of the painting, more often than not. Lastly, it’s distracting to interact with people through a stream while making a painting. I’m not sure if I’d be able to do good work while constantly juggling different conversations being typed out in a chat. Unless I structure it so that I just do a large chunk of painting, then take a break and talk to chat for a bit, and alternate between the two segments.
I could, and have been keeping some progress photos, expand on my workflow. Talk about the journey of the painting from concept, sketch, to blobs of paint on a surface. Show some of my palette set-ups.
So, perhaps chronicling the art making process to share with friends and passersby.