New Tricks Cont'd

This might look like just another picture 
of a lady holding a cat,
But to me its a large leap in my learning 
to draw and paint on my trusty IMAC.

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Wanting to see if I could bring some pattern and texture

into a scene, using software bells and whistles.

Learning to think and work differently.

I always learn better by giving myself a project rather than

following a written handbook, especially without pictures.

(Its what kept me from thinking about Law school or

Medicine. ;~)  I'd never have made it through the 
dry reading matter.)

Beginning with large simple shapes of "painted" color 

instead of a loose line drawn pencil sketch of my drawing

board days.

No more sheet after sheet of heavy tracing paper

redrawing and refining the elements. Gone are endless
bits of changes on paper scraps, some floating to the
floor to be found only when cleaning up afterwards.

Modeling shapes directly, saving the image at each stage

so I can to return to any without constant redrawing.

In this unfinished garden scene, I created just

one example of each flowering plant, copying and 
pasting more as needed and placing them anywhere. 
Easily building my border. 

Good to shake things up once in a while and learn 

something new. Friends who have been with me from 

the beginning have said that my computer done work, 

still looks like I did it. Very reassuring. ;~)

Best part for me? NO mess to clean up afterwards.