Here is my Photoshop Painting from last week's class. Before this semester, my skills at illustrating with a computer were limited to Windows Paint. In less than two months, through my Computer Imaging, Graphic Design, Computers for Design, and this class, my hands have been on a keyboard and mouse far more often than a pencil and paper. It's been a welcome challenge, because I feel that my skills in traditional art have been tested and realized already as impressive, though of course there is always room for improvement. In this exercise , I couldn't help but feel the connection to traditional oil painting. I savored the familiarity of laying down layer after layer of color; starting with the general, ending with the precise. The difference, I believe, shines through in the playfulness of this piece. While handling a real wet medium, I feel more a part of my work, but I am much more reserved in my experimentation with color, as the finiteness of my material rears its head. Here I could lay down colors, and easily remove them a moment later. I think making a mock up of my future traditional paintings, whether oils, watercolors, or acrylics, or some other tangible source of color, could greatly enhance my ability to explore and master the hues that I could possibly create.
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