Going Digital

I started painting before I learned to use a pencil so there is a long history and love for the craft. It was watercolor first, then acrylic, then oil then back to acrylic when I had my babies. I do love oil painting. Something about the buttery feel and creaminess of the paint...I secretly even love the way it smells. Sometimes I would add a bit of lavender in it to really get lost in painting aromatherapy. Hours would fly by when I am painting. Over the years I have a lot of paintings, (most in my garage being an unknown artiste). I have had moments of wanting to give up painting. It was taking up a space, supplies were costly, lack of time due to babies, worrying about the toxic effects on them, hurting my back being hunched over... and lastly just not sure where I am going with my art. A month ago I decided to buy a Wacom Tablet and I feel a renewed since of being able to create freely without constraints. Granted it still is pretty time consuming! It was a bit awkward initially getting used to drawing on the tablet yet looking at the screen! But after a while, I began to enjoy the spontaneous nature of it. Getting straight to the blank "canvas" and not having to do so much of the planning and preparing of the actual canvas gave me a sense of freedom. I am also able to incorporate my love of graphic design and photography and the mountains of source materials on the internet is so inspiring. So, we will see where this leads me. I would definitely pick up the paint brush again but for now I am having so much fun.

These are some of my works done oil on canvas...
HMMOG (Holy Mary Mother of God) Oil on Canvas
Muixalante, Oil on Canvas

ps: I use the Wacom Intuos4 with photoshop cs3 on a 24" imac.