This work in progress is one I'm using as a warm-up while working on contracts. Click to enlarge the screen-capture.
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| © Glendon Mellow 2011 |
I'm getting better at painting while holding the baby. With analog oils, it would be impossible - brush cleaning, mixing, squeezing tubes- but digital works just fine. I really appreciate the weight of my Wacom Intuos 3 tablet right now, it stays put on the desk.
There's something about ArtRage I'm still learning to overcome: it's way too easy to get lost in too much texture, without letting the eye breathe. In analog ("real") oil painting, some linseed on a fan brush, and I'd just blend it all away. In ArtRage 2.5, I really haven't found an effective way to do this yet. Perhaps lots of thinner on a pale colour, low opacity? Using the palette knife tool sometimes comes close to what I want.
I wonder if that type of blending is easier in ArtRage 3.0. Can't wait to get my hands on that program.
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Original artwork on The Flying Trilobite Copyright to Glendon Mellow
under Creative Commons Licence.
