iPhone, iPod and iPad fingerpainting blog

Feb 2 2010

Murtaugh Spreads the Gospel of Fingerpainting to Wisconsin’s Finest

Mia Robinson
Last month, Susan Murtaugh, Master Fingerpainter known for her amazing detail work, lively brushstrokes and true to life portraits, was invited to lead a discussion on ipod art at ArtBeet, Borscht Night, an art club held the Barnsite Gallery in Kewaunee, WI.  The group consists of the area’s most accomplished and professional fine artists.

Exploring the New Digital iPod Art was introduced to the group as an educational conversation about the validity of iPod art and how a professional artist might use it as a creative tool and/or incorporate it into their creative process. Continue reading

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Jan 29 2010

iPad Reveal Roundup, A Fingerpainting Perspective

Mia Robinson

Now that the excitement from yesterday’s iPad reveal has died down a bit (and only a bit)…

My first ipad painting

Let’s talk shop, shall we?

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Jan 27 2010

The iPad is here, and Brushes, too

Benjamin Rabe

Steve Sprang is just now showing Brushes live on stage, running on the new iPad: Sprang live on stage Foto: Engadget Sprang live on stage Foto: Engadget Obviously we get swatches now, too :) way to go, Steve!

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Jan 24 2010

The tablet – revelation or disappointment for iPhone artists?

Benjamin Rabe

On wednesday, apple might (or might not) reveal the long anticipated iPad. The most thorough ideas and speculations are coming again from John Gruber, and I also enjoy those funny interaction ideas emerging these days as well as giant iphone fantasies. iNetbook rerendered But here’s the obviously most important question: what’s in it for the fingerpainters? Continue reading

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Jan 23 2010

Digits to Digital – An exhibition of iphone and ipod finger art

Benjamin Rabe

It’s…

“…a fascinating, international online exhibition curated by John Bavaro for the Art Academy of Cincinnati by request of the editorial staff of the Incliner.”

Digits to Digital John Bavaro, artist and educator at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, has put together an online gallery, featuring many fingerpainters from around the world:

“They are an eclectic mix of artists, with some already well established in their art careers,and others just emerging as students, etc. The commonality between them all, however, is a sort of egalitarianism of a “new-century medium” with artists bound together by a functional device (the iphone/ipod), that is beginning to transform the way we make and see art. “

I like that.

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Jan 16 2010

New on fingerpainted.it: list your art-show

Benjamin Rabe

There are so many people out there starting to think about doing their own art-show of iPhone art now, so today we’re starting a new feature: we plan to build up a database of past and upcoming shows. You can even grab the feed of shows via your rss-reader or ical. So please: check out the list, and if you plan to do an exhibition, feel free to add it via our form.

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Jan 16 2010

Revamped directory on fingerpainted.it

Benjamin Rabe

Please take a look at our newly revamped directory. I added paintings whenever the artist allowed sharing over on flickr. Also for new submission you can use this form now. I’ll work on flickr feed based slideshows next, for now let me know what you think of it, what’s missing, etc.

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Jan 15 2010

A Fingerpainting for Haiti

Matthew

Dear Friends and Fingerpainters,
In the hope of raising donations for Haiti I am making available the poster for my 26 drawing fingerpainted series T is for trouble.  All that I ask is that in return for making this printable hi-res image a free download you specifically make a donation (even if you have already) of any amount to one of the following charities Haiti operation.
After you have made the donation you can
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Jan 14 2010

Haiti needs our help

Matthew

Here is a list of Red Cross and Red Crescent  chapters links to make donations

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Jan 12 2010

Wanna be in two places at once? There’s an app for that! (well, for Russ Croop anyway)

Mia Robinson

Dairy Panorama

Russ Croop, retired photography teacher turned iPhone artist, was featured in, not one, but TWO iphone art exhibits this past weekend. While featured among 25 artist from around the globe in the “iPhone Therefore iArt” at the Chicago Art Department, Russ also held a one man show entitled “Painting Through a Keyhole: the iPhone as Canvas” at the Dairy Center for the Arts in Boulder, CO. Both exhibits opened on January 8, 2010. And both proved to be hits.

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