What is Digital Painting?
Digital painting is an art form in which traditional painting techniques such as watercolor, oils, pastels and charcoal, are applied using digital tools by means of a computer, a graphic tablet and a stylus.
Digital painting differs from computer-generated art, in that it doesn’t involve a COMPUTER creating a digital painting, but ME. I use the same painting techniques and skills to create digital paintings directly on the computer, instead of on a canvas. By using a stylus that looks like a ball-point pen, I can make "brush strokes" that can represent the traditional style of oils, acrylics, pastels, charcoal, pens, airbrushing and watercolors ... without all the mess.
A graphics tablet simulates a traditional canvas, which allows me to use precise hand movements simulating a real pen or brush stroke. Tablets and styluses can be pressure sensitive, allowing me to vary the intensity of the chosen media. So if I want light, airy strokes, or bold, thick strokes, I can do that with my Wacom Tablet and Stylus.
I use Painter X and TwistedBrush Pro Studio, which gives me the ability to choose from thousands of different brush techniques and mediums, and millions of different colors. The programs can even mimic the canvas textures of different surfaces such as coarse canvas, charcoal paper, hand-make linen paper, rice paper, cloth paper, and dozens more ... many that even traditional artists don’t have.
