Impressive display on the iPod
Published by on January 2nd, 2007
The image quality of the latest iPod is way better than I was expecting. So much so that I was able to use it as reference for a small watercolour. Normally using digital images would mean printing out references, but that’s a whole load of trouble getting the colour balance and saturation of the image just right. I compensated for the small screen size by producing a couple of cropped versions from the original which were effectively zoomed-in to specific areas of detail - as in the building above. The watercolour in the image is a small prep for what may be a much larger version. Here I have been working out composition and tone. The small rough painting has highlighted a number of problems I need to solve before committing to the full-size version, such as overall composition, light intensity, and where the detail should be focused. A very useful exercise and a great excuse to put my stamp on a new Moleskine watercolour book.
If the iPod looks odd, it is because of the case: TuffWrap - highly recommended.
UPDATE: The full scan of the watercolour sketch above is now on flickr.
4 Responses to “Impressive display on the iPod”
January 2nd, 2007 at 9:29 pm
God, you’re a talented git! How very irritating!
January 2nd, 2007 at 9:45 pm
Hardly! I think most of the stuff I paint (drawing, that’s a different matter) is universally in need of many years of improvement. As I get older, I care less about such thigs, hence these being ‘out there’.
January 2nd, 2007 at 9:48 pm
I’m with Adrian. You’re talented… When I use watercolours the result ends up looking like the floor after a food fight in a Junior High School cafeteria.
I’m loving that little painting next to the iPod. You are improving with every piece.
January 4th, 2007 at 1:10 am
Oh shush you two…
Right, next job is to go through my paintings on flickr and add comments as to exactly what is wrong with them. That’ll convince you