Wallace Koopmans Artlog

With this sketch it’s apparent how I have used a photograph as the source.  While every stroke is unique and not directly derived from the photograph I had the source image as an underlying layer while painting.  This image could have been improved if I had painted some more dark greens at the base of the half barrel.  As it is the barrel is not grounded and appears to float on the image plane losing the three dimensional effect, appearing flat and giving away it’s photographic origins.

Not only can you use the iPad to sketch but you can use it to capture your source material too with it’s built in camera or through the camera connection kit.  All of this was done far away from any Internet connection or source of AC power.  I charged the iPad off of a 12V inverter whenever I needed to.

The iPad is turning out to be a versatile tool for realizing the images I want to create.  It is difficult and sometimes impossible to simplify a scene to the degree that I want with photography but this allows me that possibility.  While not as immediate as a photograph I’m finding that I can create sketches faster than I could with traditional media.

The second drawing in my iPad series.

This is my first post of a painting from my iPad. It’s another instrument in my artistic toolbox and is a fun way of sketching. I had the opportunity to spend some time getting acquainted with some software, (Procreate) and my Jot Pro stylus. I mention the stylus specifically because it’s so superior to a pudgy finger or any other stylus I’ve seen.

One great aspect of using this combination is that you can go from a simple sketch to a full painting depending on the effort you want to put in. A limitation though is the final resolution of 1920×1408

 I’ve been playing around with editing some digital files on the iPad even before I have uploaded them to my computer.  One of the things this allows is the freedom to go over the top with the processing, just as most of the images on social sharing services have digital filters applied, editing on the iPad seems like a license to do it there as well.  Would I want all my images to be square and highly saturated? No, but there is a certain appeal to it.