Traditional and digital art
Paintings and sketches done on my iPad and iPod Touch.
I did this sketch on my iPad Pro 9.7 inch using an Apple Pencil. I used two iPads while doing this. I looked at the photo reference on my iPad Mini while drawing on the iPad Pro. Here is the reference photo.
I like working this way. I’m not tied to the photo’s composition like I am when I place the photo in a layer under the drawing layer.
Jim
I did this in Affinity Photo on my iPad Pro 9.7 inch using an Apple Pencil. I wanted to see if I could emulate the look of Degas’s landscape monotypes done with oil paint on a copper plate. Affinity Photo has a wide variety of excellent brushes. I used one of the Etching brushes, one of the Texture brushes, and one of the Oil brushes and switched back and forth between black and the light cream color I used for the background. Done from imagination.
iPad Pro 9.7 inch and Apple Pencil, Affinity Photo app.
Jim
iPad painting
Lately I’ve been painting on the iPad. I did this one in iColorama. I then opened the images in Pixlrama and changed the color balance and added a bit of texture. Finally I used Photogene to alter the sharpness and contrast.
Front Yard Sketch
We had a bit of sun yesterday (and today). It felt good to sit on the front porch, read a book, and sketch on my iPod Touch. Just trying to capture some of the colors and shapes in front of me. Later, after I went inside, I transferred the sketch to my iPad and added some detail.
iPod Touch, Brushes, iPad, Procreate.
Jim
Winter Blues
I used the new brushes in iColorama to create this piece.
Woke up this morning to bright sunshine. I looked out the window and saw these apples and had to paint them.
The pencil sketch took more time than I anticipated (about an hour). I used a clear wax crayon to mask the highlights. Adding the colors took about another hour.
Pencil and watercolor on 6×8 paper. iPad, Photogene and ArtRage apps for photo correction (color and contrast) and erasing a few stray marks.
Working in ArtRage again today trying different tools inspired by the work of Dan Harris (Gringovitch).
I started by squeezing out metallic tube paint and then I smudged it with the palette knife to draw it out into tendrils. I also used the Paint Roller and the Brush set to dry (no loading). Some of the textures were made by daubing the Brush with no thinner and lots of pressure and loading.
I worked in three layers. I used the roller in the background layer and had two layers for the animals and foreground.
Today I’m experimenting with a new free art program for the iPad and iPhone called Ukiyoe – Woodcut. It mimics creating woodblock prints. The free program comes with one chisel which is pretty large. Swiping with your finger digs out a chunk of wood and like a real woodblock print you work in reverse (a mirror image). Here’s what the interface looks like. Read more
