First I need to emphasize that I love and adore traditional painting, such as water colors, oils and acrylics on
open canvas, paper or other. I've done it myself and continue to on occasion.
There should be no "verses" here. It's all art.
But there's a growing problem out there about which I'd like to share my views.
Many people, still today, think that digital painting is somehow not the "real thing".
In other words, they believe if you didn't create it on open canvas, then it's not a "painting" or "real art". Some
people think you just have to click a few buttons to create a masterpiece.
It simply is not like that at all.
I have created on open canvas, I still draw on paper with pencils. And I have news for those critics.
Digital painting is much more difficult than you think and it's practically the same technique as traditional
painting!
The only differences: My palette is on the computer. My brushes are chosen with a click.
The brush strokes are adjusted. My canvas is an open, blank square on the computer monitor and I use a
stylist (pen) and draw/paint using my Wacom tablet.
The reasons I prefer digital painting over traditional methods:
* No messes! I don't have to worry about all the brushes and stuff being scattered about.
* No having to inhale dangerous brush cleaners. (I used to paint with oils and the spirits would send my asthma
in an uproar, no matter how well I ventilated the room.)
* No worries about the canvas or paper getting damaged. No yellowing of paper or scratches on canvas.
* Easy save. And if saved in Corel or Adobe files at a high dpi, the file will look the same year after year.
* Easy to store and get back to finish. Save on CD or hard drive. Open back up whenever you want to paint
on it again.
* Frankly, digital art looks better. It's more clear and you can get as detailed as you want with the smallest
brush.
* Easy mass production. One file can turn into million simply and easily, with no change to image. I can print
out as many as I want.
* I save money, lots of money. I only had to purchase the programs and tablet one time. I do not have to
re-supply paint, canvases or brushes.
(This excludes my drawing, of course, because I still sketch most the starter lines for my paintings on paper.)
However, I do have to order pen nibs periodically, but they are relatively cheap in comparison.
I can understand how those critics deem photo manipulation or 3d graphics or other types of digital art not
painting. Even though some are magnificently done, I agree. They aren't paintings. But I'm not referring to
those here. I am referring only to digital painting.
So, my challenge to you traditional artists and art critics out there:
Try digital painting just one time. Obtain a free trial version of Corel Painter or Adobe Photoshop.
Open up one of the programs and follow just one of my tutorials.
Try learning the programs and simply see how it is before you make any more assumptions about us digital
painters. Please?
Want to talk to me about it? Email me.
Thank you.
open canvas, paper or other. I've done it myself and continue to on occasion.
There should be no "verses" here. It's all art.
But there's a growing problem out there about which I'd like to share my views.
Many people, still today, think that digital painting is somehow not the "real thing".
In other words, they believe if you didn't create it on open canvas, then it's not a "painting" or "real art". Some
people think you just have to click a few buttons to create a masterpiece.
It simply is not like that at all.
I have created on open canvas, I still draw on paper with pencils. And I have news for those critics.
Digital painting is much more difficult than you think and it's practically the same technique as traditional
painting!
The only differences: My palette is on the computer. My brushes are chosen with a click.
The brush strokes are adjusted. My canvas is an open, blank square on the computer monitor and I use a
stylist (pen) and draw/paint using my Wacom tablet.
The reasons I prefer digital painting over traditional methods:
* No messes! I don't have to worry about all the brushes and stuff being scattered about.
* No having to inhale dangerous brush cleaners. (I used to paint with oils and the spirits would send my asthma
in an uproar, no matter how well I ventilated the room.)
* No worries about the canvas or paper getting damaged. No yellowing of paper or scratches on canvas.
* Easy save. And if saved in Corel or Adobe files at a high dpi, the file will look the same year after year.
* Easy to store and get back to finish. Save on CD or hard drive. Open back up whenever you want to paint
on it again.
* Frankly, digital art looks better. It's more clear and you can get as detailed as you want with the smallest
brush.
* Easy mass production. One file can turn into million simply and easily, with no change to image. I can print
out as many as I want.
* I save money, lots of money. I only had to purchase the programs and tablet one time. I do not have to
re-supply paint, canvases or brushes.
(This excludes my drawing, of course, because I still sketch most the starter lines for my paintings on paper.)
However, I do have to order pen nibs periodically, but they are relatively cheap in comparison.
I can understand how those critics deem photo manipulation or 3d graphics or other types of digital art not
painting. Even though some are magnificently done, I agree. They aren't paintings. But I'm not referring to
those here. I am referring only to digital painting.
So, my challenge to you traditional artists and art critics out there:
Try digital painting just one time. Obtain a free trial version of Corel Painter or Adobe Photoshop.
Open up one of the programs and follow just one of my tutorials.
Try learning the programs and simply see how it is before you make any more assumptions about us digital
painters. Please?
Want to talk to me about it? Email me.
Thank you.
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