Artist James Shepherd

James was born in 1946 in the then small town of Irvine in north Ayrshire Scotland and learnt how to paint from his father using oils and although finding this satisfying knew that something was not right with this medium for him. After a period of time James at last found what he was looking for in a method of traditional styled hand painting using a digital oil painting medium.

Traditional Painting / Digital painting

This is an original artist print.

My "Original" Paintings are on sale as an original artist print, they will not to be reproduced once the original is sold.

In my opinion, digital painting is just taking traditional techniques that little bit further, without being restricted to for me the messiness. I believe that accomplished artists are the individuals that can develop the same idea both traditionally and digitally.
By utilizing and developing the software technology available artists can be inspired on new levels, harnessing what technology and software have to offer. A lot of time and effort can be spent on a digital piece, but is it the same as the time and effort spent on an oil painting?.
Digital painting for me is as an evolution of art itself, and is definitely a valid art form. It will never replace traditional art but is nothing to look down upon. It takes a great amount of skill, effort and patience, just as traditional art does, but nothing beats a one-of-a-kind original painting that is 100% unique and authentic. That can never be reproduced. I appreciate the effort that goes into it and the very delight of the experience that goes into it. But this doesn’t mean I consider the digital alternative any less brilliant.
Good digital painters have the same knowledge of light, shadows, forms, shapes, line, color, anatomy and mediums that traditional art is based on.

My paintings are hand painted digital oil art using traditional painting techniques which are applied using digital tools by means of a computer, a digitizing tablet, 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.

Medium - Wacom Intuos 3 tablet, stylus pen and ArtRage 3 Studio painting software. The tablet is my canvas surface. The stylus pen is my paintbrush using different pressures and stroke patterns.
Brush techniques include:- oil brush, which I have set up to different settings of pressure, paint loading and thinner levels, the four main brushes being: 100% 80% 0% (25% brush size), 100% 36% 0% (20% brush size), 30% 12% 0% (4% to 10% brush size) and 80% 80% 10%, (50% brush size) and also customized as required in both square and round brush. Paint tube, mainly for background work. Soft tip pencil at 50% pressure is used for perspective and detail sketches. Palette knife set to many varying levels of pressure and knife size, four main settings: 7% (12% size), 5% (15% size), 15% (20% size), 100% (30% size). Airbrush, used only for shading work. Brush strokes are often visible in my work.

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Red Hair Size: 12.00" x 16.00" Price: £147.00	Lips Size: 12.00" x 16.00" Price: £147.00	In Love Size: 12.00" x 16.00" Price: £147.00
Pasticceria Size: 16.00" x 12.00" Price: £240.00	Roker Size: 16.00" x 12.00" Price: £195.00	St. Maxim Size: 12.00" x 16.00" Price: £220.00
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Glen Coe 1 Size: 16.00" x 12.00" Price: £135.00	Swan Lake Size: 16.00" x 12.00" Price: £150.00	Swan Size: 16.00" x 12.00" Price: £150.00
Albatross 1 Size: 16.00" x 12.00" Price: £135.00	Albatross 2 Size: 16.00" x 12.00" Price: £130.00	Albatross Size: 16.00" x 12.00" Price: £125.00
Tango Moment 2 Size: 12.00" x 16.00" Price: £180.00	Opening Time Size: 16.00" x 12.00" Price: £220.00	Hope Size: 12.00" x 16.00" Price: £140.00
Spartans 1 Size: 16.00" x 12.00" Price: £135.00	Tom Jones Size: 12.00" x 16.00" Price: £125.00	Marylin Monroe Size: 12.00" x 16.00" Price: £125.00
Johnny Depp Size: 12.00" x 16.00" Price: £125.00	Marlon Brando Size: 12.00" x 16.00" Price: £125.00	Laurel & Hardy Size: 16.00" x 12.00" Price: £135.00
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Midnight Lion Size: 16.00" x 12.00" Price: £215.00	Head On Size: 16.00" x 12.00" Price: £215.00	Eye of the Tiger Size: 16.00" x 12.00" Price: £215.00
Bald Headed Eagle Size: 16.00" x 12.00" Price: £215.00	Oh Wonderful Life Size: 16.00" x 12.00" Price: £215.00	In the Wings Size: 16.00" x 12.00" Price: £185.00
Flamenco Swirl Size: 12.00" x 16.00" Price: £150.00	Majestic Size: 16.00" x 12.00" Price: £195.00	At the Bend Size: 16.00" x 12.00" Price: £180.00
Kelso Races Size: 16.00" x 12.00" Price: £150.00	Abstraction 3 Size: 12.00" x 16.00" Price: £150.00	Abstraction 2 Size: 12.00" x 16.00" Price: £150.00
Abstraction 1 Size: 16.00" x 12.00" Price: £150.00	Dreamer Size: 12.00" x 16.00" Price: £220.00	Sorrow Size: 12.00" x 16.00" Price: £195.00
Tyne Bridge Size: 16.00" x 12.00" Price: £185.00	Homemade Size: 12.00" x 16.00" Price: £150.00	Love Nest Size: 12.00" x 16.00" Price: £150.00
Strap Trouble Size: 12.00" x 16.00" Price: £140.00	Little Red Rooster Size: 16.00" x 12.00" Price: £140.00	A Brace Size: 16.00" x 12.00" Price: £140.00
Full Stop Size: 16.00" x 12.00" Price: £180.00	Fast Size: 16.00" x 12.00" Price: £180.00	Fishing Trip Size: 16.00" x 12.00" Price: £115.00
Tango Size: 12.00" x 16.00" Price: £115.00	Le Sensual Size: 16.00" x 12.00" Price: £115.00	Evening Walk 1 Size: 16.00" x 12.00" Price: £120.00
Burlesque 05 Size: 12.00" x 16.00" Price: £120.00	Flamenco Size: 12.00" x 16.00" Price: £135.00	Yellow Size: 16.00" x 12.00" Price: £115.00
Tranquil Size: 16.00" x 12.00" Price: £140.00	Sailing Size: 16.00" x 12.00" Price: £140.00	Red Size: 16.00" x 12.00" Price: £115.00
Desert Run Size: 16.00" x 12.00" Price: £130.00	Ivory Size: 12.00" x 16.00" Price: £125.00	Ebony Size: 12.00" x 16.00" Price: £125.00
Red Hair Size: 12.00" x 16.00" Price: £115.00	Sardine Boat Size: 16.00" x 12.00" Price: £115.00	Little Boats Size: 16.00" x 12.00" Price: £115.00
Golden Moment Size: 16.00" x 12.00" Price: £125.00	White Fire Size: 12.00" x 16.00" Price: £180.00	Free Spirit Size: 12.00" x 16.00" Price: £180.00
Arabian 1 Size: 12.00" x 16.00" Price: £145.00	The Dancer Size: 12.00" x 16.00" Price: £180.00	Better Days Size: 12.00" x 16.00" Price: £180.00
Unbelieving Size: 12.00" x 16.00" Price: £150.00	Deciding Size: 12.00" x 16.00" Price: £150.00	Argentina Tango Size: 12.00" x 16.00" Price: £125.00
Stompin Rain Size: 16.00" x 12.00" Price: £140.00	A Dark Place Size: 12.00" x 16.00" Price: £140.00 Sold	Our Tango Size: 12.00" x 16.00" Price: £125.00 Sold

78 artworks.