Painter 5

I've been doing some playing in Painter 5 recently, scribbling and doodling mostly. It's been awhile since I've shared my work (here), so I thought I post a few examples of what I've been up to.

I've been painting mostly with the impasto and liquid metal brushes, often on transparent layers so I can use drop shadows to appear to lift the strokes from the background.


Circles filled with a selection of Painter's weaves, embellished with an impasto brush that reminded me of piping frosting


I used "negative depth" impasto to create the holes, a filbert impasto brush for the rings, and an impasto eraser to create the metal buttons


various impasto brushes floating over a gradient background


various beveled shapes decorated with impasto brushwork


brush sampler


texture sampler


playing around with an airbrush and an eraser


impasto and liquid metal brush effects


watercolor brush effects


colorful woven strips, zig zag stitching and plastic buttons



Trying for the look of yarn, thread, wire and plastic buttons


"Textures at an Exhibition"


experimenting with impasto and liquid metal


more experimenting


***also: the blog's new header***

For Your Viewing Pleasure

I enjoy playing with an old computer art program I've worked in for many years, Painter 5. I keep an older computer with Win98 around and running mostly to support Painter (and all the files and customizations I've added over the years), and that set up works just fine. I did upgrade my graphics tablet (used to draw and paint) a couple of years ago, which is a big improvement.

I haven't done anything with Painter in awhile, but last winter I did a couple manipulations of a picture I took of a building in Ft Laramie, Wyoming. I shared them with a couple of friends at the time, then came across them today while searching for something else, and thought I would post the small collection of designs here. For your viewing pleasure.


the original photo

manipulations of the photo into abstract designs, using Painter and Terrazzo (a Painter plug-in)