Creation was the very first painting I painted using Adobe Photoshop. It was also unusual in that I painted it straight onto the digital canvas without a sketch or drawing. I experimented with brush settings and paint strokes. At this very early stage in my experimentation, I found that using the Layers feature made composing and painting awkward and confusing—I’ve not used them since.

Painting using a digital medium is like having any size brush from one hair to a large fan brush. You can develop paint from pure white to darkest black and a million colors in between. The brushes do not need to be cleaned and the paints never dry. You don’t have to store gobs of paint in jars. You never run out of paint and coverage is rich on the digital canvas.

The only con that I’ve experienced, however, is getting too close-up and working on an area that a naked eye could neither see nor appreciate—a complete waste of time.

It’s difficult for an artist to part with their creations which brings me to share the best and worst part of digital medium. You’ll never have to part with your art—you’ll always have it in digital form, but in order to sell it you need to make a print. Prints are not valued in the gallery world. Digital medium doesn’t quite have the respect as more classic mediums probably due to the lack of knowledge and incorrect assumptions. Digital medium is just another tool for artist where creativity and good technique come from talents and experience.

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