As moving day is coming closer I have had to pack up most of my art supplies, which has limited me to 2 small sketch books, the pens I use the most and my handy, dandy tablet. I have turned to my tablet lately and have been pleasantly surprised by what I have been able to do. I had a very difficult time at first drawing on the tablet so I did more tradition, pen and paper drawings. Since I basically have no supplies for another 30 or so days I have made it a mission to keep creating what ever way I can in between, packing, children, work and life in general.
This is how I have started my last 2 tablet drawings:
Just a scribble across the entire screen, in the righthand side I saw a penguin and that was were I was going to started, then I on the bottom lefthand side I saw a duck and thats were I started. This is the cute little duck that came from this scribbly mess:
I am finding many benefits of sketching on a tablet
- Layers - I can start a new layer and not have to worry about messing up and not being able to erase it.
- Abstract brushes - call it lazy but it was nice not having to draw out every grass blade.
- Smudge tool - it doesn't work as well as I would like, probably because I am not using it right. but it blends.
- Erasing - I have tried this scribble technique with regular pencil and paper but I have a heavy hand so erasing can be quite a chore, erasing on a tablet is so much easier.
- The fill tool - Great, great tool, as long and you get it in the right spot and don't accidentally touch the screen, which bring me back to liking layers.
I still think the traditional way is best but if we are being honest Technology is taking over and it's nice to know we can still do our sketches even if its not on real paper.
Heres to creating more and more
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