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This iPad ap Artists Touch is really fun. And easy! Not the same quality as you can achieve in Corel Paint, but quicker and easier, at least for me.
This grey slate texture can be yours to play with. Just download it here: Grey Slate
Sample of how I used it:
It would also work really well to create a stucco textured look on buildings and walls. I will play with it some more, too. Meanwhile, back to work.....
Have a great day!
~karen
I sat with my feet up last night and played with an iPad ap called Artists Touch. All I did was paint with my finger different colors at a low opacity. The program can really do much much more. But for my first 'play' at it I found it was quite fun.
I emailed the image to myself, dropped it into PhotoShop, gave it a 45* blur and used it as a background for my tall grass.
It came out very blue because the grass had a blue sky background. So, just playing around and trying some new things. You can download the texture for your use here: Painterly Texture. Let me know how it works for you.
~karen
