Digital Painting

Digital painting is an emerging art form that combines traditional painting techniques with the use of graphics technology. The result is extraordinary.

Traditional painting techniques are applied using an array of digital devices such as a computer, a digitizing tablet, a stylus brush and professional software. The artist paints directly on the computer to create an image with precise hand movements and pressure-sensitive brush strokes.

A skilled artist can literally create hundreds of brush styles by applying a combination of size, texture, shape and intensity. Brushes can be ‘digitally styled’ to represent the consistency of oils, acrylics, pastels, charcoal, pen and airbrushing. Both features enable the artist to render ultra-fine brush strokes yielding greater detail, blending and vibrancy. A range of tools also support the artist’s ability to enhance an image including: a virtual palette consisting of millions of colors, the ability to assemble a painting in layers that can be edited independently, to chart a history of work or to apply a variety of 2D and 3D effects.

Jan Perkins is masterful in the art of digital painting. She paints exclusively from her private collection of wildlife photographs, composing animal and landscape in perfect harmony.