Streaming a painting Plein-Air

Streaming a painting Plein-Air -

Thursday 2 April, Jeanette and I web-cams a full- air painting viewers around the world using ConcertWindow.com. We webcast from the parking lot of the Hotel Beekman Arms in Rhinebeck, NY using the hotel's public wifi.



This is the gouache painting, which took about a start time to finish. I listened with an iPad2 using Busk, app streaming window Concert for iOS smartphones and tablets.

This is the prototype iPad holder that I built. It is made of plywood and against a piece of photo frame. But this is not enough because it does not protect the iPad quite a fall hazard. I'm building an improved prototype and share with you.

iPad support for a tripod

have the iPad on a tripod allows great flexibility of camera angles, leaving me to tilt the view down to the pallet and to the painting and the subject. I also had the opportunity to spend the view from one side of the iPad (the sketch) to another (talk to me).

We just test this, really, so we did not announce the schedule or promote the show. But the word spread mysteriously, and 53 spectators magically found their way to the creek. There were spectators throughout the United States and Canada, and also in Ireland, Switzerland, Germany, and other artists who are watching the work to Hallmark Cards, ILM and Pixar. The interactive quality of the show was fun for all. People might ask us to change the camera angle or ask any questions about the process.
Thanks to everyone who watched. We appreciate your comments, questions and generous tips.


(Link to YouTube video) Here's a random sample of the webcast to give you a taste of it. Dissemination of a painting on the ground is full of unforeseen risks and surprises. We had motorcycles backfiring around us, support trucks, beep, and the blocking pattern. While we were busy painting, several bystanders came and interacted with us, and they became part of the webcast.

Some people told me it was the first open-air painting web streaming. I do not know, was it really? At least I'm sure it was the first monetised current on a platform of a painting outside using a public wifi connection. About monetization: Shows can be configured to be free, "Pay What You Want" (minimum $ 1) Performers may set the ticket price. Viewers can switch while the show is in progress. Concert Window divides turnover: 70% to the artist / 30% Concert Window

Jim and Jeanette Gurney sketch. Photo by Susan Daly Voss

He helped to have an extra laptop so Jeanette could be moderator and read the flow of conversation aloud. I tried to answer questions that I painted, or if I was concentrating too, she told them.

If you want to be sure you do not miss my next outdoor webcast, be sure to check the concert page and press James Gurney window on the "Follow". They'll email you the next time I will live.

If you plan to do a webcast, I recommend it. It is free to register and do a show. You can broadcast your demos, you connect with your customers of the gallery, and be on the cutting edge of new technology. And you can webcast using your smart phone coverage wherever there are cells, or from a laptop anywhere there is WiFi

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My first concert spectacle from the window was in August 2013.