Live Digital Painting at Hope Classic Car Rally

This digital painting was created live at the Hope Classic Rally, an annual fundraiser for the WeSeeHope charity, that took place at Wotton House in Dorking, Surrey, UK. I used an iPad Pro, Apple Pencil and the Procreate app. As I painted the artwork, based on direct observation, the guests were able to watch me paint and ask questions, and follow the progress on screens set up both at Wotton House where the rally started and at the lunch Pit Stop, the Ledmore race track. A unique one-of-a-kind fine art framed canvas print of the final artwork, accompanied by an artist signed certificate of authenticity, was sold in the Live Auction to raise money for the charity. Additionally a limited edition of prints on paper were sold after the event.

Here are some photos from the event:

The scene as the cars were set up in the morning.

Engaging with guests (photo courtesy of Louis Roberts, addmustard)

Artwork progress shown on screen at the Pit Stop (photo courtesy of Louis Roberts, addmustard)

The painting displayed during the live auction (photo courtesy of Louis Roberts, addmustard) Many thanks to sponsor addmustard and the Hope Classic Rally and WeSeeHope team.

Click on the icons above, or on this link, to be taken to the Apple App Store (iOS) to download the free AR app HidNFlix. I use the HidNFlix app to augment this artwork. Currently HidNFlix works only on the iOS platform (iPhone, iPad, etc). You’ll be able to see the embedded video when you view the image (print or on screen) through the scanning mode of the app.