Well, not really. Artist Carel Brest van Kempen timelapsed stills of an acrylic painting to show his work process. It's remarkable how quickly the anole comes to life!
I especially enjoy watching the glazes go on and come off - each time he blots out part of the painting, I think, "oh NO!" But that's because I work in watercolor, which is pretty near irreversible. Acrylic is much more forgiving.
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Does all this talk about migrations and megavertebrates make you hungry? Do you feel like you must eat food, but you don't want to break away from all the excitement?
NOBODY.
Yes, you read that correctly. Of the 57 entries submitted to the inaugural Universe/TOMS contest, not a single one was completely correct. I feel partially responsible for this! Probably it was too hard!
Artist unknown (National Zoo)
Watercolor is not merely irreversible. It's downright diabolical.
I prefer to think of watercolor as a cat: it cooperates when it feels like it, as dictated by a completely stochastic process in its tiny brain, and only when cooperation is least important to you. At all other times, it reserve the right to draw blood.