If you know me I do a lot of research to expand and try to make my craft that much better. Recently I came across a "Cheat Sheet" done a by a Dutch man that likes to draw. This cheat sheet is on the journal app Paper 53. After reading through the cheat sheet or tutorial if you want to call it that, either way it is very impressive. It shows the true power of some of these apps that are being released. Please realize when you look through the attached pdf that everything he does is Paper 53 is on "One Layer" not multiple layers like other apps will let you do what he did and much more such as Sketchbook Pro or even ArtRage (and these are fantastic art apps). As I write curriculum or lesson plans I am always thinking of ways to incorporate new technology into my discipline and this cheat sheet has really opened up the door. It shows everything a Visual Arts Instructor teaches in the classroom, use of the tool or tools, pressure of the tool, opacity, transparency, hue, saturation, value, layering, and the list goes on. I've been saying at many presentations that the future of digital arts needs to be taken serious, arts such as the digital illustrator or digital artist are changing because of the tablet. And, this is just another proof of that. What about a student young or old that can not gain the concept of watercolor brush control but, by adapting the lesson (which any teacher should be doing instead of forcing them into something they don't like or struggle at) they may find a new way of accomplishing the same goal set forth by me or you. Please take a look at the "Paper 53 Cheat Sheet", download it, borrow it, steal it, what ever it is you do, just please pass it on to someone that can use.
Thank you and enjoy! L
Thank you and enjoy! L