Online Paintings

Digital painting is an emerging art form in which traditional painting techniques such as watercolor, oils, impasto, etc. are applied using digital tools by means of a computer, a digitizing tablet and stylus, and software.

Traditional painting is painting with a physical medium as contrasting to a more modern style like digital.

Digital painting differs from other forms of digital art, particularly computer-generated art, in that it does not involve the computer rendering from a model.

The artist uses painting techniques to create the digital painting directly on the computer. All digital painting programs try to imitate the use of physical media through various brushes and paint effects.

In most digital painting programs, the user can create their own brush style using a combination of texture and shape. This ability is very important in bridging the gap between traditional and digital painting.

Digital painting thrives mostly in production art. It is most widely used in conceptual design for film, television and video games.

Digital painting software such as Coral Painter, Adobe Photo shop, Art Rage, GIMP, and open Canvas give artists a similar environment to a physical painter: a canvas, painting tools, mixing palettes, and a multitude of color options.

There are various types of digital painting, including impressionism, realism, and watercolor.

There are both benefits and drawbacks of digital painting.

While digital painting allows the artist the ease of working in an organized, mess-free environment, some argue there will always be more control for an artist holding a physical brush in their hand.

Some artists believe there is something missing from digital painting, such as the character that is unique to every physically made object.

Many artist post blogs and comment on the various differences between digitally created work and traditionally created artwork.