A brush created especially for the iPad, which I received as a birthday present from my daughter, makes it much easier to manipulate the "paint" on the iPad screen. It's the "Compose" Nomad Brush, from www.nomadbrush.com, with interchangeable tips. In addition to the actual brush there is a "glide bevel tip", which is a stylus that glides like a brush.
There are numerous art apps available. I’ve been using Art Studio for iPad, by Lucky Clan, and and Brushes- iPad Edition, by Steve Sprang, and like them both. Art Studio has lots of Photoshop-like functions, such as drawing straight lines, circles and the like, and "fill" for any closed shape. Brushes has fewer features but comes closer to the actual process of painting. Both apps allow you to mix colors, vary line thickness, use different effects such as stippling, and work in layers. Brushes even lets you import a photo and paint over it. That's a great way to try different approaches to finishing a painting before altering the original.
It feels freeing to try things, knowing that if they don't work, there's always the "undo" function, or, worst comes to worst, the "delete" function! So far, I have not achieved great precision, but I do think that's part of the charm of the medium.
Here's an example of my digital art, called "Bar". I like the bold graphic shapes and the values.
Are you using art apps on the iPad? If so, I'd like to hear your thoughts about them and see your artwork.
