That retired painter who showed me his digital landscape portfolio at the coffee shop

He told me he started using an iPad because his hands shake too bad for brushes anymore, and I spent 45 minutes looking at his sunset scenes from Italy that he painted using nothing but his thumb and a cheap stylus, has anyone else met an older artist making the switch to digital tools?

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robertsmith19d ago

Good for him for adapting and all, but half the charm of a painting is seeing the artist's hand in every brushstroke. A thumb on an iPad screen just doesn't carry the same weight as a real canvas, you know?

blairf4819d ago

I used to be all about traditional mediums, thought digital art was just a shortcut. But then I watched a time-lapse of someone painting on an iPad and it blew my mind. The guy was using layers, blending colors, and building up texture in ways you just can't with a brush on canvas. It still takes the same eye and skill, the artist's hand is still there, just on a screen instead of a palette. He's still making those small choices with every swipe, same as a brushstroke. So yeah, I get where you're coming from, but it changed my whole view on what counts as real art.