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Vicky has been following planet5D for a while and is an artist who’s learning to use her Canon EOS 7D (reviews) to show off her pastel paintings. This isn’t fast paced or exciting, but it is a pleasure to see how an artist works.

“Colored Dust” by Victoria Taylor-Gore from Victoria Taylor-Gore on Vimeo.

Update: – now the video has a new ending shot with the completed pastel – thanks to @planetMitch (on Twitter) of Planet5D (http://blog.planet5d.com/) for the great suggestion! I am still learning and I really appreciate constructive feedback from the community.

Video, editing and artwork by Victoria Taylor-Gore
http://www.victoriataylorgore.com
Gallery representation: Alexandra Stevens Gallery in Santa Fe
http://alexandrastevens.com/dataviewer.asp?keyvalue=13018&page=artistworks&subkeyvalue=13362

Music – “Point of No Return” by Roger Subirana Mata
Music license purchased from Jamendo.com
http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/24858

This is a video about how I do a pastel – a pastel filmed from start to finish. I’ve always called pastels “magic colored dust,” and they proved to be a colorful subject. Recently I read a quote by the late Louise Bourgeois (rest in peace) that inspired my approach to this film, “I am not what I am, I am what I do with my hands…”

Filmed with a Canon 7D, Tokina 16-50mm f2.8 lens, and a Tokina 100mm macro f2.8 lens – love these lenses. Edited (with no color correction, only some adjustment to the levels) in Adobe Premiere Pro CS4.

Note: This is the earlier video Vicky did showing you the drawing phase of this pastel.

“Three Minutes of a Sketch” by Victoria Taylor-Gore from Victoria Taylor-Gore on Vimeo.

Video, editing, and artwork by Victoria Taylor-Gore
Music – Ethereal Awakening by Project Divinity
Purchased music license from:
http://www.jamendo.com/en/track/18229?mailhash=c49e097408a4349ef42f4628ea8d7c56

Just a short experimental piece about the sketches I do that usually serve as thumbnails for larger pastels…but there is something special about the small sketch in its own right. I plan to do more videos about my own artwork, and this was a test to see how I can manage it on my own. It’s a challenge to be both in front and behind the camera without it coming off a bit boring Next will be a video of my pastel process…but I’m not eager to have my camera around all that pastel dust!

Filmed with a Canon 7D, Tokina 100mm f2.8 lens, edited and color graded in Adobe Premiere Pro CS4.