Drawing Pad Arrives on Galaxy Note, originally uploaded by purple0wl. Do a search for ‘Painting’ apps in the Android Market and very few apps come up. Are all the developers waiting for Ice Cream Sandwich? Aha, but search for ‘Drawing’ apps and – abracadabra! Suddenly page after page of drawing and painting apps for Android [...]
Look No Fingers!, originally uploaded by purple0wl. Was this flower painted with a finger? No. Was it painted with a marshmallow tied to a stick, in other words with the usual kind of touch tablet stylus? No. It was drawn with a point as hard and sharp as a pencil, on the HTC Flyer tablet. The HTC [...]
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What Does Painter 12 Spell? Temptation. I have resolved to stick steadfastly to exploring Android finger painting apps (and a few on my iPad) only. Thus in spite of many temptations, I refrained from getting Corel Painter 12 which many are raving about, because it’s for desktop only. So far so virtuous. That is, until [...]
iPad Finger Folly, originally uploaded by purple0wl. SEVEN PAINT APPS FOR SEVEN PURPOSES I got through a record number of apps in creating this iPad painting 1: This stepping-stone progress began with a doodle in order to explore a new painting app called Procreate. In Procreate you have what seems at first an overwhelming choice [...]
Hidden Treasure, originally uploaded by purple0wl. In the mysterious under-screen world of Sketchbook Pro I’ve been exploring for brushes. There are several versions of Autodesk Sketchbook for tablets and smartphones. Sketchbook Pro for iPad is best of them all. This version of Sketchbook has over 70 preset brushes, all editable for tip and tail [...]

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