Charcoal Animation - An Online Demonstration with David Begley - 14th May
Charcoal Animation - An Online Demonstration with David Begley - 14th May
Tuesday 14th May 4-6pm BST
Charcoal is an ideal medium for animation it erases easily, meaning that as you document the process of incrementally adding and taking away from your drawing, the images come to life through animation.
Making a charcoal animation is fun, immersive and exciting – seeing your image begin to move and come to life is wonderful. With basic tools and a little knowledge you can create surprising results.
For David’s drawings and animations, he makes driftwood charcoal. Driftwood charcoal gives a deep, soft black and is perfect as it erases easily.
In this demonstration he will explain how to bake charcoal and set up your drawing for stop motion animation recording. He will discuss how to storyboard and plan an animation, using a digital camera to record your drawings, lighting, frame rates, editing, software, and sound design.
David will share and discuss examples of his animations, followed by Q and A. You can watch David’s charcoal animations on his website.
David Begley is an Irish artist, film maker, writer and arts educator. He has exhibited his animations, drawings, paintings, monotype prints and films since 1996.
>> Want to sign up but can’t attend live? Recordings of the sessions will be available for two months. You will need to sign up in advance of the live session to access the recording.
When you sign up, you will receive a downloadable PDF with the zoom link. you will also receive a reminder email a day or two beforehand with the zoom link.
About David: I am an artist, writer, and teacher living on the Wexford coast in Ireland. I work through the mediums of drawing, animation, printmaking, painting, video and sound. To make my animations I gather driftwood and bake charcoal with this. Making charcoal led me to making inks.
For me the process of gathering materials, and making and working with inks is immersive. I am prompted by accidental / chance marks found in the residues, strata, pools and stains of the medium. As part of this workshop I will discuss a selection of my works and how they were made.