watercolor transparency with digital overtones

Two Pick 2 - digital painting / art prints - Dan Beck 2006

Since this image is in the center of the blog banner, I thought I would feature it again. This piece shows off some of the digital nature of its inception.

Many people looking at my finished pieces think that they are watercolor - in many ways they have the characteristics. They are layered and the colors are somewhat translucent and that quality of water comes through.

But then again - there is just about always something which cannot be done using watercolor. And my position, is one of using what I have to express myself.

In the above digital painting, I used patterns as part of my paint on the strawberry mounds. And I think that is a bit of a digital give away.

See Also

• Two Pick 2 - art print options and availability for above digital painting
• Transparent Watercolor Society of America - I loved the title - being a punster - and appreciated the many examples of watercolor work
• handprint : watercolors & watercolor painting - although I didn’t see a single image, I was most impressed with the extensiveness of the resource - if one is looking for info on how to and what to buy