I've gone digital - Wacom has arrived!

After many months of marvelling at other artists' digital masterpieces, I've finally taken the plunge and bought myself a Wacom graphics tablet, so now I can draw directly onto my PC using the stylus. Well, it takes some getting used to, but it's great fun!

Here's my first digital effort, a colour version of the Tom Welling sketch I did a few weeks ago. I opened the sketch in Corel Painter, created a new layer, then painted over the top, using the sketch as a guide. As you can see, I need a lot of practice!



Anyway, I'm having great fun with the Wacom, hopefully I'll improve with a few more goes. I don't want this to put me off drawing and painting the traditional way, although it is a lot less hassle than setting up the easel, and washing all the paintbrushes afterwards!

In other news, I just noticed that I recently passed the 100 blog post mark. Congratulations to me!