Something Light

September 11, 2012September 11, 2012 Monica La Porta#tuesdayphotomanipulation, artrage, city in the pink sky, Paint.NET, photomanipulation, wacom tablet, whimsical landscape in pink2 Comments

Made a few changes on an earlier and much simpler version of the drawing I published yesterday. Just Paint.NET: ink sketch filter, plus title.

Monday Drawing #4

September 10, 2012September 10, 2012 Monica La Porta#MondayDrawings, a drawing every Monday, artrage, digital painting, wacom tablet, whimsical landscapesLeave a comment

I started this drawing yesterday, but it wasn’t as psychedelic as it turned out to be after I went into a color-frenzy today. I did have some spicy Indian food for lunch. Coincidence?

Monday Drawing #3

September 3, 2012 Monica La Porta#MondayDrawings, artrage, artrage fail, butterfly and sunflowers, digital art, monday drawing, one drawing a week, whimsical landscape4 Comments

Today, I worked for three hours on one of the most whimsical pieces I have created. My words will have to suffice. When I was signing the piece, the pc’s battery died, the screen went blank, and since Artrage doesn’t have the autosave I lost every single pixel. I swore in Italian, then vented on Facebook and Twitter in English, finally started again. The moral of the story is: Artrage is the greatest software for painting, but you have to immediately name the drawing and save every five minutes. It took me other three hours to recreate what I remembered of the first piece. Not the same atmosphere, but it has the same subjects plus a flock of sheep. The black one represents my mood.

Butterfly in Bloom

It Ain’t Easy

August 28, 2012August 28, 2012 Monica La Portaartrage, dealing with grief with words and images, digital art, flash fiction, Paint.NET, wacom tabletLeave a comment

And these are the words accompanying yesterday’s painting.

Monday Drawing #2

August 27, 2012August 27, 2012 Monica La Porta#MondayDrawings, artrage, digital art, every monday a new drawing, poppy flowers painting, wacom tabletLeave a comment

Not in the best mood for writing, I decided to draw poppy flowers instead.

Escaping

Make Your Own Fairytale #3

August 22, 2012August 22, 2012 Monica La Porta#fairytalehelper, artrage, digital art, fairytale helper, fairytales inspired by drawings and words, make your fairytale, Paint.NET, wacom tablet, write your own fairytale19 Comments

What’s the story behind this drawing and the words that come with it? And what about the riddle? Have fun!

Make Your Own Fairytale #1

August 20, 2012August 20, 2012 Monica La Portaartrage, create your fairytale, digital art, fairytales prompt, Paint.NET, photo manipulation, wacom tablet4 Comments

What the title says. Use my painting and the words on it to create a fairytale.

Monday Drawing #1

August 20, 2012August 20, 2012 Monica La Porta#MondayDrawings, artrage, digital painting, drawing every Monday, pink landscape, wacom tabletLeave a comment

Alessandro Fiorini and I have thought of starting something called Monday Drawings. It’s our way to stay focused and post at least one drawing a week. In truth, Alessandro doesn’t need any reminder to put his Wacom tablet to good use, but I do. Monday Drawings is open to anybody who wants to join the club.

Tramonto Sul Lago

Wacom Tablet, Artrage: airbrush on concrete canvas

Draw Away #5

July 26, 2012July 26, 2012 Monica La Portaartrage, brushes for iPad, how to use Brushes for iPad Paint.NET and artrage together, mixed digital media, Paint.NET, wacom tablet2 Comments

Here are some other drawings.

Violet Sky

Brushes for iPad and Paint.NEt

Calming Blue

I used Artrage and my Wacom tablet to paint Calming Blue, then I changed its color contrast and applied the ink filter.

One Is Not Like The Other

June 6, 2012June 6, 2012 Monica La Portaartrage, drawing inspired by micro-poetry, koi fish painting, wacom tabletLeave a comment

Today I had a busy day doing little. It happens to the best of us. I should mention that it hasn’t rained so far, that should explain it all. But I went for a long walk with my loyal beagle, Nero, and I played with Artrage . This new piece was inspired by the words of one talented Positively Wyrde, the enchanting Bard from Twitter.