Videos

Angus Fisher Arts now has a video channel on youtube. The channel features videos documenting my art process including time lapse animations of various works in progress as well as video montages of particular exhibitions and bodies of work.

Direct links to all of my videos can be found below or to access the channel on youtube.com simply search ‘Angus Fisher’ and look for the ‘AF’ monogram.

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The Copper Plate Etching Process - 'The Pied Cormorant'

This video demonstrates the various stages of creating a hand-coloured copper plate etching. The etching depicts ‘The Pied Cormorant’ and is part of a folio of etchings titled ‘The Birds of Sydney’. The video is designed to be entertaining but also educational for those wanting to learn more about the various stages of the etching process. The video is ideally viewed in full screen at 1080p HD (high definition) mode. These options can be found at the bottom right of the video window.

The video is divided up into several stages, starting with ‘Initial sketches’ and concluding with ‘Hand colouring the Print’.

(Original music was provided for this video by Michael Allen)

'The Birds of New Holland' (2017-2018) Folio Slideshow

‘The Birds of New Holland’ is a suite of 24 hand-coloured etchings created throughout 2016 and 2017. The folio was designed as a contemporary accompaniment to J.W. Lewin’s folio of the same name, which was produced in 1808 in the newly established Port Jackson colony (Sydney). The work aims to trace a direct link between Lewin’s historical folio and a contemporary survey of the area’s avian fauna, investigating both changes in ecology as well as our attitude and interpretation of nature. The suite of prints engages not only with contemporary visions of ecology but also Australia’s colonial, antipodal history and the European traditions of museuming and scientific quantification imposed on the country’s flora and fauna.

(Original music was provided for this video by Michael Allen)

Watch a Drawing in Progress - 'Gymea Lily with Eastern Spinebills'

The above video documents my progress while working on a drawing titled 'Gymea Lily with Eastern Spinebills'. The video was made by linking many photos together that were taken in order throughout the drawing's creation. The video is ideally viewed in full screen at 1080p HD (high definition) mode. These options can be found at the bottom right of the video window.

First the image is initially sketched onto the paper in pencil. Secondly, line work is applied with an ink pen over the pencil lines which are then rubbed out. After the pen work is completed and allowed to completely dry the colour is applied to the image using washes of watercolour paint. The original drawing is life-size and stands over one meter tall.

(Original music was provided for this video by Michael Allen)

Watch a Drawing in Progress - 'Banksia with Honeyeaters'

This video documents my progress while working on a ink pen and watercolour drawing titled 'Banksia with Honey Eaters'. The image depicts four Blue-faced Honeyeaters situated amongst the branches of a Banksia tree. The video was made using 25 photos that were taken throughout the drawing's creation. The video is ideally viewed in full screen at 1080p HD (high definition) mode. These options can be found at the bottom right of the video window.

(Original music was provided for this video by Michael Allen)

Watch a Drawing in Progress - 'Wedge Tailed Eagle with Nest'

The above video documents my progress while working on a drawing titled 'Wedged Tailed Eagle With Nest'. The video was made by linking many photos together that were taken in order throughout the drawing's creation. The video is ideally viewed in full screen at 1080p HD (high definition) mode. These options can be found at the bottom right of the video window.

(Original music was provided for this video by Michael Allen)

'From Here To Antiquity' (2014) - Exhibition Montage

At the end of 2013 I was invited to travel to Greece with an archeological survey team doing a study of the ancient site of Troizen in the Peloponnese. I worked on location as an artist making studies of the site’s artefacts, history, excavation and landscape. This exhibition titled 'From Here To Antiquity - Studies from ancient Troizen and wider Greece' incorporates work completed in Troizen as well as drawings and etchings of other Greek antiquities witnessed on my later travels throughout Europe. The nearly 40 works include graphite drawings, pen and ink work, watercolour painting and a number of etchings. The works were exhibited at 'Australian Galleries' in Sydney in November 2014. The video is ideally viewed in full screen at 1080p HD (high definition) mode. These options can be found at the bottom right of the video window.