iPod Drawing - testing the idea

Seeing myself as a painter, I often struggle with my keen interest in new technology and using it  to make art.  I guess I have always felt that it somehow becomes a middle man for the final artefact and reduces that "hand-made" quality.  However, the more I run from it, the more it draws me in.  Earlier this month I attended an iPad Conference at the E-Learning Centre in Nottingham. One workshop I attended was run by artist Mik Godley who at the moment is pushing his own painting practice by producing work on an iPad. Click on his name to go to his blog.


Resisting the temptation to purchase one at the present moment, I have been doing some basic drawings on my iPod Touch using Adobe Ideas, Brushes and Sketchbook Mobile apps and a stylus.  It's early days, but I am enjoying the challenge of working on a small screen with basic tools.

I am intending that it will form part of the Mars Canal series.

iPod drawing Mars Canal series 2011