Digitally Speaking

It's Monday again!...........And back into the studio I go. I take weekends off from the studio. I need to have that balance or else I would never leave my studio.

  The weather is cooling down, finally! and the kids are all back in school this morning. Geez the summer flew by fast! This whole year is flying by. The stores are filling up with Halloween candy already! I must say though.....that I LOVE the fall. Here is my grandson, the first grader,  ready for his first day back in school..........

  As for me.............I have a lot going on. I have three commissions I'm working on plus my personal work, plus, I am in the process of getting ready for a show.

  I have been working on this drawing. I know  have mentioned this before but, I will mention it again, anyway,  I really like adding a pop of color to my graphite drawings but sometimes, I hesitate because I'm not sure I will like the color once I add it. There is no going back once I lay color into a drawing so, I remedy the situation by using my trusty Wacom tablet............

  Its just the mini Wacom tablet and it's all I really need. This is how it works.

  I will take a drawing I'm working on, upload it into my computer, and using digital software, I can alter the image, add elements to it, colorize it or any number of other manipulations without touching the original drawing. Works like a charm. In the case of this tiger drawing, I am considering whether or not to add some color to his eyes. I will do that with the tablet and see if I like it before I take the chance of ruining a drawing that I have spent countless hours creating.

  I can use the tablet to do actual drawings and paintings as well but mostly, I have it to enhance the work I do traditionally. There are some artists out there that feel digital art isn't "real" art. I can attest to the fact that it is indeed real art. It is not easy to use a tablet. There is a definite "learning curve" to it and I find it takes some really good coordination to achieve desired results. Not to mention, the software itself needs to be learned and it can be quite confusing at first. I am still trying to improve my skills using mine.

  This little mini tablet does everything I need so far. If I decide to take digital art any further, I can always upgrade later on to a fancier machine with all the bells and whistles if I so desire. This one is also portable so I can take it with me anywhere I go.

  It has started raining, again. It's been raining on and off for over a week now. I guess I wont be mowing the lawn today. That's okay by me. It means more time in my studio! Off to work I go, have a great week y'all!