I did. My Mother's Day was really nice thanks to my wonderful family. My daughter whipped up a terrific brunch and then I joined her as she got her nails done so we had some mother/daughter bonding time, just the two of us.
Of course, I miss my other daughter, my son, my son-in-law, my daughter-in-law and my grandson. They are out in California but I did get to speak to all of them and I hope to see them soon.
I missed posting yesterday. I got a little busy and side-tracked, new art supplies will do that to me. My hubby bought me a digital tablet for Mother's day. I have wanted one for awhile now but kinda vacillated on it, back and fourth, not knowing if I should invest. Finally, I thought to myself, "why not", you only live once.......supposedly.
So, I got the Wacom Intuos Pen And Touch in the small size. There is a definite "learning curve" to using one of these. The tablet itself I haven't had a problem getting used to, I think because I have done so much blind contour drawing, I was able to adapt quickly to drawing on the tablet without looking at it and only looking up at the monitor screen. It's kind of a brain, eye, hand coordination thing. From what I have been told, That is the hardest thing for most people to master using a tablet in the beginning. It was a non-issue for me.
What was and is still an issue for me, is learning the software. The tablet comes bundled with Corel Painter Essentials software. Basically, it's the mini version of Corel Painter. Geez....It's involved! I have so much to learn. Opacities, transparencies, layers, filters, my brain hurts already. I played with it yesterday and it took me 20 minutes to find the eraser brush and then 20 more minutes to figure out how to use it. I am giving myself at least a month to wrap my head around this thing before I can actually create more than a stick figure with it. Hey, it's okay though.....It keeps me off the streets.
The small tablet is nice too as it can easily fit on my extremely, tiny desk that has hardly any real estate left that isn't already taken up by monitors. It fits nicely on the pull out keyboard shelf underneath. And I don't find that the small size inhibits my drawing and panting ability in any way.
I won't be giving up traditional art for digital. I wanted a tablet for just enhancing and manipulating my own traditional drawings and paintings. It sure is fun though! and I don't ever want to stop learning new techniques. As you can see below, I can already create words with it! Yay!!! I'll master it, eventually.
Wish me luck and I will be sure to keep y'all posted on my progress. I might even be able to have a drawing posted in a few days. It's off I go to look up some online tutorials for this thing. Have a great day!
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