computer painting!

Tim found this great tool, where you can paint and draw on your computer, and the colors actually mix like real paints, you can use a palette knite to spread things out, all kinds of cool things. I downloaded the free version, and the full version is only $20. One of the cool features is that you can trace an image.

I just tried to upload one of the paintings I did, tracing a pic of myra, but it is saying it is not the right format. I'll play around with it to see if I can get it to upload. But it is super fun!

The coolest part is that it will help with my painting and drawing. I love painting and drawing, but it takes me awhile to feel comfortable with the paper, with the paint, with what I'm doing. So I always start out safe, drawing stuff like trees and flowers and such. But I don't want to "mess up" or try something harder but not know how to finish or what I need to do to make it better.

But now I can draw and paint without wasting any paint or paper, and I can just erase and start over if I want to. I think this will give me more confidence to branch out (har har) away from trees and into new things.

Check it out here: www.ambientdesign.com/artrage.html