The Magic of the iPad!

Drawing with the iPad - genius!

'Why not?'

A relatively new dimension to the art world, David Hockney probably the most famous artist to successfully bring this technology into the ever critical art world!

I have to say I think this is the breakthrough in drawing I have been searching for. Its immediate, portable, colours abundant, and prints can be enlarged without pixelation unlike your standard photography... 

Experimentation with tonal qualities and mark making. I have sketched in the exhibition space, capturing its atmosphere and essence, sat on a long coach journey and allowed my creative abstract self develop designs. The beauty is you draw with your finger, choosing the thickness of the lines and of course a barrage of different colours to layer as many times as you like, develop the tonal and textural qualities. Im completely sold on this approach to drawing.

'JH as Brunel - Edwardian Cloakrooms'

'Starting with the light'
iPad approach

Light fitting

Oxford arches

'Dogs go wild in toilet block'

'Because'

Dinosaur I

Dinosaur II

What worked well

Its immediate and has endless capabilities. As Im not into detailed images there is a total sense of freedom and expansiveness about how you can approach a subject. I enjoyed capturing the essence of the space in a loose, gestural style without having to have tonnes of artists material to hand.  I love the quality of the image and the fact it can be printed to any scale without pixelation. Playing at inverting colours - its a fabulous education in colour blending and matching and its so simple!

Its certainly a medium I will be developing further in my future art practice. 

What didn’t work so well

I just need more practice... working out how to take these drawings to the next level - watch out David Hockney... Im coming!!! :O) (joke!)


www.telegraph.co.uk/culturevideo/artvideo/10408677/David-Hockney-unveils-his-iPad-art.html
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a3283/drawing-from-life-0914