Jeff Jones's List: Art - Digital Art

"A little more than 10 years ago, Hal Lasko began to lose his eyesight. Things appeared blurry, reading on paper was nearly impossible and colors were washed out. A condition called wet macular degeneration was making it nearly impossible for the World War II veteran and retired designer to keep up with his oil painting.

But Lasko, who turns 98 on Sunday, found a rather unexpected way of continuing to paint. He replaced the fabric canvas and oil paints with a digital versions.

"I was painting with acrylics, and for my 85th birthday they gave me a computer. I was having a problem with the paint brush because my eye sight was getting poorer," Lasko, who lives with his son in Rocky River, Ohio, told ABC News in a phone interview. "I went to the computer because I could magnify it. I learned to use the Paint program just like I paint with a brush."

In 1999 Lasko's son Ron and his grandson Ryan gave him a computer running Windows 95, and using an external magnifier that attaches to the computer monitor, Hal was able to blow up the images on the screen and better see colors. He began using Microsoft's Paint, the dead-simple art program, to create colorful pixel art."

Digital Art
Computer Art

"Hand drawing vs. Digital Technology – James Richards says “is not either/ or but both/and “

When I received Freehand Drawing and Discovery I had no idea how it would change my perspective and understanding of the skills we acquire as designers and the way they can influence our development as professionals on a daily basis. This book is an astonishing guide to learning a new language of expression and relationship to the surrounding world of freehand drawing!"