Photoshop

Hi Najwa,

Yeah. It is blurry because almost all the lines and shapes are done within Photoshop. The photoshop brush is basically a round dot that you can vary in size, depending on how big of an area you can cover. The lines are drawn with a mouse. So you can imagine, it is pretty loose.

When I pull these paintings out of mind, I like to do it first roughly in Photoshop rather than with a brush and paint. I try to get the cool/warm, mood and large shapes correct, before I start with the paint. I like to hit the actual canvas with complete confidence. The masters used to do a lot of pre-painting pencial/ink wash sketches, etc. I think Photoshop is a 21st century replacement for doing that. However, since everything is getting dumber, maybe that is a bad idea.