Paul Taggart paints Music Session at Bogbain

On-The-Spot, Live Painting by Artist, Chronicler & Author Paul Taggart, capturing the Open Music Session at Bogbain Farm, Inverness, Scotland on January 3rd 2010. Featuring Bruce MacGregor, Highland Fiddler, founder of Blazin' Fiddles and Director of Bogbain Farm.

This compilation has been produced to show the stage-by-stage process of this painting, from start-to-finish, as it was painted during the session.

It shows Paul Taggart working with a minimum painting kit of three brushes, six watercolour paints, a limited palette of acrylic inks and a pencil.

The technique used is Wet-on-Wet Watercolour, over waterproof ink linework, all applied with a brush.

To view a musical compilation of this Open Session please visit Paul Taggarts A Brush With Music You Tube channel
http://www.youtube.com/user/abrushwithmusic

To view further tutorials, painting hints and tips and get the latest news updates for Paul Taggarts work as a Fine Artist, Chronicler and Author visit his various FaceBook pages and groups and his main website
http://www.artworkshopwithpaul.com

For further information on Bruce MacGregor and Bogbain Farm, please visit
http://www.bogbainfarm.com

Check out the events page on Paul Taggart and Bruce MacGregors various FaceBook pages and groups to keep abreast of these and other events see links in Profile panel on left.

The next Open Session is on January 24 2010 at Bogbain Farm.

In spite of the extreme winter weather, a bevy of musicians and singers braved the treacherous conditions to reach this session on January 3rd 2010. In all, seventeen arrived to play throughout the afternoon, much to the delight of the diners enjoying lunch in the Bogbain Bistro. Amongst them, Suzanne Sant Angelo (pipes), Terry Williams (guitar), Stuart Robertson (fiddle), Ollie Moffat (guitar), Dave Ellis (guitar), Sheena Cameron (vocals), Sheen Farquhar (vocals), Alasdair Taylor (guitar), Alasdair Iain Thompson (guitar), Alasdair White (fiddle), Graeme Walker (cello), Bruce MacGregor (fiddle), Fiona Williams (whistle), Jennifer McGlone (wind), Hamish MacDOnald (guitar), Maxine Cordiner (fiddle).

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[artworkshopwithpaul]

Hi folks,

Pop over to Art Workshop With Paul Taggart Painting Companions group on FaceBook and catch the news on our "Reflections" Painting Competition - click on the link in the Profile Panel on my You Tube channel wall

Cheers for now,

Paul

[artworkshopwithpaul]

A couple of questions for you, if I may?:

The black you were using for the outlines of the musicians was waterproof, as it didn't move out when you washed over it later - were you using indian ink applied with a brush?

How long did it take you to finish the painting in total?

Fantastic! Keep up the good work!

Kindest regards,

Peter Hopgood.

[artworkshopwithpaul]

The painting at Bogbain was not filmed as a tutorial, but our other snippets are filmed under a specific light which we use to photograph all of Paul's step-by-steps for books etc. The paintings at Bogbain are started when the first musician strikes up and continues until Bruce puts down his bow at the end of the final set. Paul never knows how many musicians are going to turn up, so quite a challenge and it is the immediacy and unpredictability of this that makes Paul want to do the paintings.

[artworkshopwithpaul]

The ink is waterproof, sometimes Indian Ink, but mostly coloured acrylic inks, to vary the line. For his linework Paul will vary his choice of drawing tool, on this occasion as you will note he used a sable brush.

I am sure that you will understand that with your permission I will put your original message as a comment on the YouTube page, along with our answer, as well as onto our FaceBook page and into the art Clinic section of our website - so that everyone can share in the answers.

[artworkshopwithpaul]

Paul,

thanks very much for the You tube snippets of Bogbain!

I watched your painting all the way through and was intrigued at the 9:25 marker when what looked like a muddy coloured painting suddenly transformed into the finished one! It just shows what a difference different lighting makes doesn't it?!

Peter Hopgood

[HighlandArtBeat]

Hi folks,

Apologies for the quality of this video - it has been perfect since uploading, but now recent changes in YouTube have affected it and it is jerking around quite a bit.

So please allow for this when viewing and hopefully the technical issue will be dealt with sometime soon.

[peggykyneton1]

Loved the music and the beautiful way you paint watercolours the loose soft technique is great. Wish there was commentary from you as to how and why you painted it that way. All in all I loved this.