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Quick Study 0 - digital painting - Dan Beck 2007

Thought I would break the ice with this new blog category by sharing the precursor to the last digital painting I was able to blog about. I got to the point above and thought the piece might be complete.

Declaring a piece finished is no different for the digital medium than any other - but I have found that with digital art, I can create and save a number of different endings.

What struck me about the above stopping point was how pleasing the textures looked and how balanced in the degree it was worked.

The rawness reminds me of a woodblock print or a monoprint. And though I wasn’t done, I like the way this piece looks and feels - enough so to save and share.

See Also

• Beach Today - piece I am reminded of with a somewhat similar feel
• Major Genres: Beauties, Actors, and Landscapes - The Floating World of Ukiyo-e (Library of Congress) - a website filled with examples of woodblock prints
• Feast from the East - a recent review on show which included woodblock prints - two examples