Stairs and cheese

Stairs and cheese, originally uploaded by Matthew Watkins.

Ipad.

Morning breaks on the point

Morning breaks on the point, originally uploaded by Matthew Watkins.

Finger painted on my iPad

San Nicola

San Nicola (ipad painting), originally uploaded by Matthew Watkins.

San Nicola (Saint Nicholas) is the Patron Saint of the City of Bari. I fingerpainted this in brushes app on my ipad. It is not a historic reproduction but rather a loose and personal interpretation based based on Byzantine paintings of the Saint.
It was commissioned by a regional Italian Magazine for their December issue.

Finger-painted in Brushes app on my iPad.

Another pretty face

Another pretty face, originally uploaded by Matthew Watkins.

fingerpainted in ArtStudio on my ipad

Raft of the Bunnies

Raft of the Bunnies, originally uploaded by Matthew Watkins.

Created for a four page tutorial I wrote for the november issue of Digital Artist entitled "ArtRage for the iPad"

The Sorry Bot

The Sorry Bot, originally uploaded by Matthew Watkins.

Man had created robots for everything. Robots to clean the house, to prepare meals, to work, provide comfort and fight the endless wars that intense cyberindustrialism was causing.
The planet was reduced to a wasteland. Humans were only a fragile intruder into a world that they had created.
The burden of guilt was extreme. It had become necessary to create a class of robots to take responsibility for all this.

They were the Sorry Bots.

And they were despised by all.

mw.

The Modern Sommelier

The Modern Sommelier, originally uploaded by Matthew Watkins.

Modern Mechanix never tasted so good.

Fingerpainted on my ipad.

The Penguin on the Bridge

The Penguin on the Bridge, originally uploaded by Matthew Watkins.

Painted on my iPad using Sketchbook Pro and Brushes app.

Enjoy Robot

Enjoy Robot, originally uploaded by Matthew Watkins.

Painted with my finger on brushes app for iPad

The Homecoming

The Homecoming, originally uploaded by Matthew Watkins.

Fingerpainting with Brushes app on iPad.

The Duchess

The Duchess, originally uploaded by Matthew Watkins.

Fingerpainted with Meritum paint pro for ipad and brushes app.

The Tower of the tree of life

The Tower of the tree of life, originally uploaded by Matthew Watkins.

"the old man told me that this tower is older than anyone can remember. And that the door to the tower is always open for this tower defends all living things and has no enemies except for time itself'.

note:
In Puglia in the south of Italy there are thousands of ancient olive trees, many dating back to the time of Christ. As they get old and gnarled and bent from the wind some times they need to be propped up with blocks, or they break.

The concept of the tree of life needing human intervention in the same way to stay alive makes a curious parallel with our current condition.

fingerpainted on my ipad

Up Pig

Up Pig, originally uploaded by Matthew Watkins.

an ipad fingerpainting

Later that night

Later that night, originally uploaded by Matthew Watkins.

Created on my ipad

About time

About time, originally uploaded by Matthew Watkins.

created on my ipad

The Approach Of The Giant Bunnyman

The Approach Of The Giant Bunnyman, originally uploaded by Matthew Watkins.

The Approach Of The Giant Bunnyman

- I am not a real bunny, he whispered
- I know. Neither am I.

The floating of the Elephant

The floating of the Elephant, originally uploaded by Matthew Watkins.

A white elephant is regarded as a sign a monarch reigns with justice and power, and that the kingdom is blessed with peace and prosperity. Because the animals are considered sacred laws protect them from labor, and receiving the gift of a white elephant from a monarch is simultaneously both a blessing and a curse: a blessing because the animal is sacred and a sign of the monarch's favour, and a curse because the animal has to be retained and could not be put to work offsetting it's costs.

Fingerpainted on my ipad in brushes

Just Shoe It

Just Shoe It, originally uploaded by Matthew Watkins.

We had nay timbers and we had nay iron, so we took an auld Brogue an' we sailed her t' the four corners of the earth an' back.

The Crabby Old Man That Lived Down The Street

The Crabby Old Man That Lived Down The Street, originally uploaded by Matthew Watkins.

"Some people were 'fraid of him. But to me he was just the Crabby Old Man who lived down the street".

finger painted on my ipad in brushes app

Laced In Battle

Laced In Battle, originally uploaded by Matthew Watkins.

an ipad finger painting