I had a vivid dream. I wanted to document it. I used an app called Bazaart to make a digital collage. Welcome to my dream!
Illustration of a Dream
Tag: digital art
Windows
A few weeks ago, I wrote a post about my airport drawings. Well, here’s another one! I drew this over the waters of the Mediterranean waters.
The sea and me
Spring has sprung
And Abruptly it is summer.
I took a walk at a nearby cemetery and everything is blooming. 85 degrees! Here are some magnolias I saw and sketched on my iPad.
The Princess Building
Yesterday was meant to meant to be warm. My sister was visiting and we had big plans: the Cloisters, The Botanical Gardens. Drinks on a patio. Long walks through the city. We did some of this. But by the end of her stay, we still craved a bit more of the fresh spring air that collects in pools above blooming tulip and daffodil beds. We wanted to walk under the blossoms of lilacs and magnolias one more time together, before she flew of to the still-thawing Midwest.
We took the train uptown and got off into a wind of pin-prick raindrops. My sister, optimistic, had worn a sweater and overalls with the sleeves and legs rolled up, and no jacket. She rolled her sleeve down. She rolled down her pants legs. It was too cold. We were back with the winter weather, but now with cherry blossoms falling instead of snow. We had to go back inside, and watch the weather tangle in the spire of the Princess Building from behind a window.
Houseplant 1: Delicate
I cannot help but to partake in the daily word by adding one of my new digital drawings. I am having so much fun with this!
The joy of technology
I’m slow to pick up new technology. While I recognize the many conveniences that it brings to our lives, I also worry that some joy is lost. I’m even considering taking a Mallet to my Smart phone: It is starting to feel poisonous to my life.
Recently I was introduced to some technology that I feel very excited about. I went to an exhibit of David Hockney’s, and was sucked in by his potent colors. At the end of the exhibit, a wall of screens showed his work on the iPad: the painter’s medium is now digital. I was fascinated to see how his new paintings and his work on the iPad seemed to influence one another. His pigments are even more brilliant and 
saturated than before.
Drawing with the iPad pen feels strangely frictionless. I still have bad control over the
quality of my line or the color. But I love that I can use many effects on one “canvas”. I’m thrilled about the possibility of being able to draw and paint on the go. And for the opportunity to share! Soon I’ll put up a painting I did with real paint to compare. I don’t think that iPad art will replace the tactile pleasure of painting with oils for me, but there undeniable advantages to having such a vast toolbox in a 2 pound package.
La Giraffa 