Owl on November 24th, 2009

Bridge. iPhone painting after Andre Francois, originally uploaded by purple0wl. This iPhone finger painting was created in the app Inspire, after a watercolour by Andre Francois. Inspire was the app I chose for this finger painting, because of its excellent blending facility. Inspire lets you choose just how much pigment you put on your ‘brush’ [...]

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Owl on September 23rd, 2009

Week 29: Small, originally uploaded by purple0wl. Run any iphone painting through the photo app 101 PhotoEffects, and even if you don’t transform your finger work into a masterpiece, you’ll learn a lot. This seascape was painted on my iPhone in the app Inspire. In Inspire you can choose how much paint to load onto your [...]

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Owl on September 13th, 2009

Silver Pear, originally uploaded by purple0wl. In Apple’s iTunes app store, iPhone painting apps seem mainly to be listed under Entertainment. Well, yes. Doodling on an iPhone or iPod Touch can be as good as a good game, but iphone painting apps have been increasing in number and sophistication. Some artists are beginning to take [...]

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Owl on February 4th, 2009

Brought to you from the ‘Now for Something Completely Different’ Department. With inspiration, anything is possible… Incantation for the calling down of Inspiration To be sung or chanted. Preferably while dancing round a cauldron. Hide beneath a raven’s wings, Snip his shadow while he sings. Wind it in and wind again, Wind it in to make [...]

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Owl on November 6th, 2008

“It’s all wrong!” declared my art teacher, glaring accusingly at the offending artwork. To be honest, I can’t now remember what dastardly offence the artist had committed. I do know that my art class was on a visit to the National Gallery, England’s treasure house of million dollar paintings. At the time we were gazing [...]

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