Top Digital Art Talent to Collaborate with Digital Paint Magazine

Who hoo! How is this for some great news? Along with the changes in design and direction we will have more people bringing you more great content. Digital Art Academy founder and instructor Karen Bonaker, and many-times-published author and educator,  Tim Shelbourne will be blessing us with their talent in 2010.

I will give you a snippet from a bio of Karen and present one from Tim down the road. You are going to love this stuff!

Karen Bonaker Joins the Team at Digital Paint Magazine.

Many of you already know Karen Bonaker. Karen has enjoyed painting since childhood. She painted on anything and everything including the walls of her home.   Karens mother was an artist and provided this young creative with a wall in her room to express herself. How cool is that?

Formal training came from her local college with an emphasis on color and design. Ten years ago Karen discovered the Painter software program and has since been creating art using a Wacom tablet and stylus.

Utilizing the formal training from college is beneficial as the principles of composition, color and design are the same in the digital world as they are with traditional media.

The Digital Art Expo in New York has shown one of Karen’s digital paintings. She has been a regular contributor to Corel Painter Magazine, served on the Beta Team for Corel Painter Essentials 4 and Corel Painter 11 as well as serving on the Corel Advisory Board.

Karen founded the Digital Art Academy. The Digital Art Academy is a venue for individuals to develop their own talents and gifts specific to drawing and painting.  She is a veteran of online training and is an instructor at the Academy.

Tim

Free Webinar with Master Digital Painter Darrell Chitty

Digital painting techniques revealed. Would you like to expand the products and services you promote to your clients?

Guest expert Darrell Chitty is going to teach us some techniques for painting like the Old Masters.
We’ll be meeting Tuesday night, December 29th at 8 p.m. Central for the webinar.

This is your opportunity to learn live from Darrell.

You will learn the styles of 3 Masters; Rembrandt, Monet and Turner.
Learn what the differences are in style and how to duplicate those style differences in your own paintings.

Discover how to create an eye-catching digital painting that demands attention…

Review how to utilize Darrell’s workflow so you can create faster and with less stress, even if you’re not an experienced digital artist.

To participate in this call, join us at 8 p.m. Central. You can pickup access to this NO COST webinar by clicking on the link below. There are only 50 seats. Please don’t register unless you have sincere interest and will be there.

Here is some of Darrell’s work

Artist Darrell Chitty's Rhapsody in Pink

SORRY THIS WEBINAR IS FULL.

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Digital Painting compared to Traditional Media

I am an artist. Currently I choose digital painting as my field of study and chosen media to work with. After spending most of my time as a photographer and being ADD, digital painting is a great fit for me.

While the principles of great art stay the same, there are differences in the medium you choose to work with. This is in no way a slam to traditional media or the artist who create using traditional methods. Following is a simple and brief comparison. It is by no means exhaustive but it will give you a good sense of the differences.

Pastels-

Pastels are a unique combination of a drawing and painting medium. This gives pastels a marked advantage for certain types of work.

Advantage-No problem creating linear and Mass Shapes

Advantage-No solvents required

Disadvantage-Dust is toxic and can also be very messy

Watercolor Painting-

Water colors have a unique look and feel and are very popular with the working pro as well as the weekend painter.

Advantages-Easy clean up with water

Advantages-No solvents required

Advantage-Awesome choice for layering and transparent effects

Disadvantage-Mistakes a difficult to fix

Disadvantage-Good brushes are expensive

Disadvantages-Watercolor is consumable and needs to be constantly replaced

Acrylics Painting

Acrylics are quick drying water soluble paints (Golden Artist Colors and some others are now making some “open” acrylics that have an extended drying time. This will allow some techniques that were previously not possible because of the fast drying time.)

Advantage-Easy clean up with water

Advantage-No solvents required

Disadvantage-Good brushes are expensive

Disadvantage-Pigment is consumable and needs to be constantly replaced

Disadvantage-In general the colors dry flatter than oils and don’t look as good.

Oil Painting

Oil paint are the most widely used medium by working professionals.

Advantage-Highest quality of color in traditional media

Advantage-A large number of painting techniques are easily supported.

Advantage-Mistakes are easily fixed

Disadvantage-Good brushes are expensive

Disadvantage-Pigment is consumable and needs to be constantly replaced

Disadvantage-Messy and the use of caustic solvents is necessary (water based oils are now available, you sacrifice a little color quality

Digital Painting

Advantage-Highest quality of color

Advantage-A large number of painting techniques are easily supported.

Advantage-Mistakes are easily fixed

Advantage-No clean up necessary

Advantage-No solvents required

Advantage-Awesome choice for layering and transparent effects

Advantage-No problem creating linear and Mass Shapes

Disadvantage-Computer hardware and software are expensive

Disadvantage-Traditional media still required to have an “original”

Disadvantage-Not yet fully accepted in the fine art world

Disadvantage-Can feel “sterile” and sometimes lacks the look and feel  we like in the process of creation.

I thought this comparison may stir the pot a little bit… but that is ok.  Comparing digital painting to other mediums caused me to really look at some of the pros and cons of creating art this way. It was a great exercise. I know that I missed some advantages and disadvantages on both sides. As you go through here and discover some things I have missed feel free to comment, let us know your opinion.

Tim

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