So I found an ?art? software program and began figuring out how to use it to make paintings on my computer. Several years later I replaced my desktop printer (with which I printed my ?paintings?) with a n Epson pigment inkjet printer (sprays pigment inks, not dye-based inks).
I use 5 software programs, a laptop, and an Intous tablet and stylus to make my ?paintings?.
Mu current work is based on two family photo albums from 1918 which my Norwegian grandmother gave me. I find some suitable background and digitally create a ?collage? by ?painting? the figure(s) over the selected background. After this is done I can then alter the color, lighting, and size.
I print the image with the pigment printer, let the inks set overnight, and then machine wash the canvas. I re-wet the canvas and stretch it on stretcher bars. After the canvas
