...both the excitement of using it, and the smell ;) Just over a year since getting Painter X and discovering the wonder of the oil brushes, I have now used real oil paint for the first time, and I must say that although "real" mediums are a little intimidating - paint has always scared me (both the real thing and the microsoft ...

Ok, so defying all health issues and up at my desktop, I'm trying to paint a picture in Painter in the style of Edvard Munch, a week before the deadline (fractured fairytale challenge), having only ever done two fully digital paintings before - both in photoshop. I know you should either be very good at photoshop before switching to painter, ...

...and it happens to be a self portrait, too!!! I did this as an excersize in hand-eye-tablet-screen coordination and also because someone told me everyone should attach a mirror to their screens to make various expressions at, and that before trying any new medium to make a self-portrait first. Easier said than done!!! If make-believe people are ...

If he could see what I've done to my poor Blossom!! My other blog entries were a progress journal of it from a 2 second scribble (they're the best kind!) to a sketch, to the painting, and finally to the me-giving-up-and-finishing-it-as-is. Anyway, even though in the past I've managed to incorporate almost every filter in existence into ...