Shepherd’s Delight, originally uploaded by purple0wl. I’ve had my iPad for a couple of weeks now. Still experimenting. Compared with my iPhone, the iPad with its larger screen is certainly easier to draw on. As a matter of fact, as far as I can see, the pictures you end up with are no larger than [...]
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The Women, originally uploaded by purple0wl. This image was created from an iphone photo of statues in the grounds of Arundel Castle, southern England. Channels, blending modes and filters were played one against the other in Corel Painter to give an eerie glow. How about making selections and masks in painting apps for the iphone. [...]
Hmmm…, originally uploaded by purple0wl. How do you draw a doubtful owl? Hmmm… Luckily sleight of hand comes to the rescue when you’re drawing facial expressions. (Or rather, sleight of finger in this iPhone drawing.) Facial expressions are always a mixture of unconscious and deliberate grimaces. On paper (or as in this case the iphone [...]
Spider Assesses a Web Page, originally uploaded by purple0wl. Why does fine art have to have the monopoly of abstracts? Actually I think most cartoons are abstracts. They use notations to express actions and emotions that are not at all what you actually see in real life. Here we see a web spider, doubtless one [...]
Nocturne, originally uploaded by purple0wl. Click on the picture then on ‘View On Black’ to see this picture at larger size I’ve been thinking a lot about texture in iPhone paintings now the iPad is on the way. It’s no use trying to give a tiny picture interesting brush strokes or textures. There just aren’t [...]
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