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(Why do I have to explain that to you Boomer 😂 yikes) I'm pretty sure if you ask any physician, they're going to tell you that the light from an iPad is a whole lot safer than the chemicals involved with the process of oil painting. The metals in oil paint and the fumes of solvents are toxic to ALL humans. It will definitely ruin the color accuracy but at least there can be something done about it.

And there's also a setting where you can remove the blue light all together. There are also settings on iPads/tablets where you can dim the screen. There are these special coated lens for glasses that can block blue light, available in non prescription. The amount of people sensitive to light emitting devices is higher than your 'fumes'. For someone who is a working professional, cheap oil paint and store bought canvases are not options for me which is why I suggested to sketch digitally to be cost effective. And specifically the discussion is about oil paint, which is a more substantial cost wise over time. The point being: an iPad is bought once paint is bought, consumed, and then bought again. This also a discussion in a subreddit called 'Artist Lounge', populated with people I'm assuming invest towards their craft. Everything has a start up cost, paint included. Obviously an iPad/tablets cost something. The only thing you've managed to wreck is yourself yet again. A lot more genuine/personally informed than just using a photo. The same paint sketch could also be used for a reference for a physical painting. You can be on vacation, stop into a museum, do a quick paint sketch of a famous work, and then continue on with your day. With a tablet/iPad, you can walk around with an entire arsenal of art tools and at any point stop and start to paint.

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Don't have to deal with accidental skin exposure to all of those paints containing toxic metals.Ĭonvenient af. There are many people sensitive to fumes, knew an artist who even switch to egg tempera because of it. You can put out as much paint as you want without holding back.Ī lot safer. How about you drop the archaic mentality? It's 2020, turns out people can be paid for just having the skill to digitally paint as oppose to getting paid for a finished physical work.

Even though it's more famous for its realistic watercolours it does also have a set of Acrylic brush tools that function in a similar way to Oil brushes in other software.Ĭritical reading skills much? OP literally starts out saying that they 'recently started painting with oils' so yes they are doing the 'real' thing. The big downside I have with it is the way that different brush types require separate layers which stops the 'paint' from mixing.Īnd one that hasn't been mentioned much is Rebelle. Painter has the largest variety of brushes for this kind of thing with options that go from simple digital brushes with a painterly look to full-on, thick-paint simulations with impressive impasto effects.

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Also that interface is very clunky to use but all free software is worth trying out. Verve has an amazing fluid simulation system but it is more dependent on hardware and can be slow on older machines.

Personally I prefer ArtRage because, as well as the brushes, it also has some wonderfully expressive blending options with the palette knife. There are a few digital apps that replicate not just oil but several types of traditional mediums.

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As the program versions download separately you also have the freedom to trial new versions before you decide if they're worth the upgrade.

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They do have a free trial with all features iirc so you could always look for an older license/boxed copy if you end up liking it and upgrade whenever. You are also under no obligation to upgrade, I'm still on 2019 and probably won't upgrade to 2021 until next year before the release of 2022. 2021 has only just released so there will probably be a decent Christmas sale. The upside of it is once you own the program its cheaper to upgrade to the newer version and they run a lot of sales throughout the year which drops the cost to about 50‰ so it's definitely worth waiting for one. There's lots of resources out there though. I find it very intuitive but I've heard others find it quirky, and while you can get on and start painting right away there's then a bit of a learning curve to step up and really take advantage of all its features. Painter is expensive (that initial purchase is pain) but it is hands down my favourite painting program, although I haven't tried a couple of the other suggestions in this thread which I definitely will do.

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