iPad Finger Painting

You might think that finger painting is an art form more suited to the chubby and inexperienced fingers of pre-school and kindergartners, and generally speaking you would not be far from right — but finger painting is a legitimate art form at times, sometimes even practiced by the world’s greatest and most famous artists and designers.  Now that you have that idea fresh in your mind, let’s take it a step further:  have you ever thought about finger painting — serious, artsy finger painting — using only an iPad?Here is one artist’s very serious painting of a live model in his studio, using his iPad.  The image will not be as clear as it would on directv, but YouTube is not too shabby for a free place to watch things you might not be able to find on satellite or cable.  This work took the artist 3 hours to complete, using the Brushes app (availble from the iTunes App Store for only $7.99.)  Notice how realistic this looks.  With the iPad, Apple’s truly magical device, any person with an eye for color and some sense of space and shadow, light and saturation, can create a professional work of art without spending a great deal of money on materials.  Enjoy.