2018 Finger Paintings!

[Chad Weatherford]

I think these are called Palm Verde trees. I found the green trunks fascinating, and sketched this one at a gas station on the way to Phoenix.

[Chad Weatherford]

Outside Prescott. Added more rocks than what was in the actual scene.

[Chad Weatherford]

SkyHarbor International in Phoenix.

[gxhpainter]

Hi Chad, I loved your Arizona series, as a desert rat I know the beauty of the Southwest and the diversity of beautiful mountains, and wide skies. I have to ask, you may have already said, are all these done on an iPad and if so what size? the pro or the ipad 2. Do you use a stylus at all or just your finger? I am thinking about diving into that and kinda wanted to know a good setup.

[Chad Weatherford]

Hi Chad, I loved your Arizona series, as a desert rat I know the beauty of the Southwest and the diversity of beautiful mountains, and wide skies. I have to ask, you may have already said, are all these done on an iPad and if so what size? the pro or the ipad 2. Do you use a stylus at all or just your finger? I am thinking about diving into that and kinda wanted to know a good setup.

Thank you Gary! I use an iPad 2 with just my finger. Size varies, but I’m usually maxing the size out to 2048 pixels wide, which is the limitation on the ArtRage app...at least with my current iPad. I would recommend the pro with a stylus if you can splurge for it. The advantage of just using a finger is there is less to keep track of, just pull out the iPad and go.

I often run these through Photoshop to make some final marks and/or apply an unsharpen filter to crispen up the ‘details’. Invariably I end up being dissatisfied at that point and bring it back into the ArtRage app to soften some edges, make additional marks, or overhaul even further.

[Chad Weatherford]

I actually find aerials to be somewhat meditative to do, similar to rendering hair.

[Chad Weatherford]

Closing in on Vancouver.

[Chad Weatherford]

This was sketched on my way to work during the advent of the last solar eclipse, as the moon began to slowly creep over the sun. While the effect wasn’t captured here, 30 minutes later the dappled light from trees was casting little moon (half sun) shapes across the ground. It was pretty dazzling. This has some psd texture brushes applied over the initial Fingerpainting.

[eighty+]

Hi Chad I thought it must be Loch Ness

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[gxhpainter]

Thanks for the information Chad ! and it goes without saying it is the artist not the tools that makes art! Especially so in your case. I think you are part of a new generation of plein-air painters that can work digitally as well as with traditional media.