scribbler at Bluecanvas: The Artist Network

About me

Artist-cum-photographer who earned a living as a designer and artist between jobs as a teacher.

Started out as a comic book artist (first underground in the 70s to mainstream in the late 80s) before teaching art & photography to teens. Moved into computers, web-design, photo-manips, etc. before returning to teaching in 2002 (as an English teacher).

In 2006 I temporarily lost my sight (right in the middle of a lesson with Year 11s), regained it but then started on the slow downhill decline that comes with MS… including pain, fatigue, vision & cognitive problems, and tremors & spasms. All of which makes drawing, painting and photographing very difficult.

I’m now sorta-retired because of the symptoms, so until I curl up into a gibbering ball… I’ll try to get some art done… and get it up here.

I’m currently working on developing my use of digital painting. Digital painting is an emerging art form in which traditional painting techniques such as watercolor, oils, etc. are applied using digital tools by means of a computer, a digitizing tablet and stylus, and software. Digital painting differs from other forms of digital art, particularly computer-generated art, in that it does not involve the computer rendering from a model, nor does it use the computer to automatically generate a pseudo-painting. Instead, the artist uses painting techniques to create the digital painting directly on the computer as if it were just another brush or medium.

I create the painting, directly on my PC, by using various painting software. The tablet can be compared to a canvas or watercolor paper surface, while the stylus pen or mouse is my paintbrush.

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Information

Name: Jan Szafranski

Country: GBR

City: Woldingham

Joined: August 24, 2009

Genre: Traditional Art, Graphic Design, Digital Art, Drawing, Mixed Media, Collage, Painting, Photography Color, Photography B&W, Cartoons/Comics, Portraits