Artist Beth Edwards (BethEdwards.com) demonstrates her method and technique in this time-compressed video. Shot at a rate four frames every ten seconds, the creation of a new painting ("Octopus") is shown from beginning to end at approximately 50 times the actual speed.

Recorded with a Canon ZR20 standard DV camera via a Powerbook G4 running BTV Pro capture software. Edited with FCP6. No audio.