Wacom Intuos3; Adobe Photoshop; Corel Painter pastel, oil and other brushes

A recent illustration, this image was created from scratch on a Wacom Intuos 3 with two drawing programs (Adobe Photoshop and Painter). Using a Wacom ink pen, I roughed out the content of the drawing as a quick sketch in Photoshop with the natural brush set before exporting to Painter for the colour and tone refinements. I use a variety of brush choices while in Painter where the Wacom pen really is a joy to use as I swap from pastels to oil paints at the click of a button. Mixing these two mediums on the same page or canvas is virtually impossible in my own real art practices. I love being able to break the rules with electronic medium and the results are always exciting and fresh.I finish the drawing or should I say “painting” in Photoshop where I use several effects brushes and burn tools to “age” or rough up the image. A few tonal adjustments and sharpening and that’s pretty much it.