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Linda Drury

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I'm feeling very ignorant, but can someone please tell me what PS Wacom is 🤔 Linda D

Alan Bickley

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It's possibly an abbreviation for Photoshop and Wacom tablet. In other words digital art of some form. I could be wrong of course.

Linda Drury

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I just can't understand why people make a comment and think it's a painting, or maybe that's just me.

Brian J Mackay

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Ah, you can't beat a touch of gullibility. I thought it looked amazingly real, and even after I studied it I still thought it might be a painting. I'm disappointed to read that it's probably a photo. Bri

Michael Robinson

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I followed your explanation perfectly Margaret. Can't seem to find your "fried egg" though, was it on the Gallery? If so could someone please let me know the title - would like to see it out of curiosity and can't find it. Have to rush out in a minute (morning here and I have painting class). Many thanks.

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Alan Bickley

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Sandra, it was on the gallery this morning under the incredibly complicated title of 'Egg'. It is indeed a drawing tablet Margaret, both my daughter's have them and I've seen them produce very creative and interesting sketches, but you need the right skills and some creativity. Obvious I suppose, but that counts me out!. If used with Photoshop software, it will also enable you to manipulate an image, which could be a photograph, by hand, ie. enhance a highlight and so on. That could be classed as photo manipulation I suppose. We could ask this girl how it was done. She seems to be very proficient with this technology.
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Lewis Cooper

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Yes, excellent description, Margaret. I have to admit a decent digital drawing tablet is on my wish list...though not on my 'must have' list. The better ones enable you to draw as if with a pencil, the resultant drawing appearing as a digital image. As I don't do much digital these days I can't justify the cost. A skilled digital artist is quite capable of producing very lifelike, almost photographic, images. Whilst admiring the skills, I've never seen the point of that, but we're all entitled to our own opinion about this. The digital art I admire most is clearly NOT photographic and the product of somebody's imagination. The problem is, some artists give little information about their processes...some NONE at all. In fairness, they may see no need, thinking it's the image that's important. They may find people who waffle on about how they work (like me) boring. Sadly, it's only with digital (and I LOVE digital art), that you can leave people wondering. For what it's worth, I admire photo manipulation as well. Lew.

Alan Bickley

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I don't have any issues with whatever medium people post on the gallery, digital or otherwise. All I have ever asked is that the artist state that medium, this stops any confusion and is surely not much to ask - in this case she did, and hasn't tried to pass it off as a painting, albeit a little vague in her description perhaps.

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Michael Robinson

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Thank-you Alan, will look it up under the "incredibly complicated title". Was rushing yesterday, had a quick look but not a title search, and didn't really have any more time. Interesting debate, and I agree totally with you about stating the medium, it would be really helpful. Lewis, your descriptions of how you arrive at your fantastic sketches are NEVER boring.