Owl on June 14th, 2010

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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Owl on April 16th, 2010

Julia Kay, originally uploaded by purple0wl. If you’re keen on painting portraits, you’ll never be short of a model at Julia’s Portrait Party. Flickr groups, as far as I know, are all free to join, and this portrait group is a splendid opportunity. Post up a photo of yourself for others to paint, and lo [...]

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Owl on February 3rd, 2010

Afternoon Apple, originally uploaded by purple0wl. I took a photo of an apple with my iPhone 3GS. Displaying the photo on my computer screen, I finger painted it back onto the iphone in a paint app called Layers. Layers created a stir among iphone artists a while ago, because for the first time it offered [...]

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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 October 25th, 2009

The Old Balloon Man To learn about iPhone (or iPod Touch) art, you can’t do better than join a group of like minded finger painters. Even better if the group conspire to set a different subject every week for members to paint. The Balloon Man was made for the Flickr group Fingerpaint THIS! Not only [...]

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Owl on October 12th, 2009

Thumbs Down, originally uploaded by purple0wl. Here is a finger painting I did with Brushes app on my iPhone 3GS. I drew each ‘ring’ and nail on the hand with the finger it is drawn on. The finger painter Jorge Columbo has now produced his second New Yorker cover on his iPhone. I noticed in [...]

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Owl on October 7th, 2009

Week 32: Alberto Giacometti, originally uploaded by purple0wl. This week I’ve been posing on my iphone for a portrait by Alberto Giacometti Mind you, I had to diet a bit, but I learned a lot… Copying famous artists’ styles is a wonderful way of discovering your own iphone or ipod finger painting style. Added to [...]

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