Media Leaks
posted:
For Washingtonian Magazine, Mike Leister AD
I've used Photoshop for years, mostly for cleaning up traditional mediums. I've found it to be liberating especially with pen and ink--no stopping or slowing down to assess possible f-ups--just fix 'em later. After scanning this painting, I saw that it would be better with a darker sky, so I started tweaking it digitally, and it looked okay. Even though I felt kinda dirty, (and the piece wasn't due for a few hours), I moved on to alter the face, and then the water.
Then it occured to me. I had put my watercolors away and started using pixels to render....water.
God help me, it didn't feel that bad. A little icky, but not that bad.
I've used Photoshop for years, mostly for cleaning up traditional mediums. I've found it to be liberating especially with pen and ink--no stopping or slowing down to assess possible f-ups--just fix 'em later. After scanning this painting, I saw that it would be better with a darker sky, so I started tweaking it digitally, and it looked okay. Even though I felt kinda dirty, (and the piece wasn't due for a few hours), I moved on to alter the face, and then the water.
Then it occured to me. I had put my watercolors away and started using pixels to render....water.
God help me, it didn't feel that bad. A little icky, but not that bad.
