Owl on May 1st, 2011

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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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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