Let's get Digital, Digital

by Jcmlfineart, March 3rd 2026 © 2026 Jcmlfineart
I am am a analoge artist, so digital art is not my forte. I was recently inspired by a few of you who work exclusively digitally, so I thought I would give it a go. Each of these are ten minute drawings. As you can see, I am much more clutzy with a digital pen, as it does not fully register all of my marks in the same way paper does. So my drawings are nowhere nearly as detailed or accurate as they are on paper. I struggled to understand how best to use the brushes in the program, and it slowed me down significantly. I made these in Paint on my PC. I am also using a 16-inch Huion Pro tablet. I mention these items to share that, although it is a good tablet, it is most likely a skill issue. But maybe there are better programs out there that work better with this kind of tablet? I don't know. I mainly use the drawing tablet as an editing tool, so I am unversed in good digital drawing programs. Thanks in advance for your advice and critiques. JCML Fine Art
Tesserrr
Hi! The transition between traditional and digital can be hard, I recommend playing around with your brush settings, such as stabilization, pressure and gesture controls, most art programs will have it! Also doing small practices drawing circles and lines may feel like a step back, but simple practices like this may help you gain confidence using the tablet!
Jcmlfineart
Tesserrr,

Thanks for the suggestion. I will try the circle method.

Do you know of a program that will allow you to hold your digital pen in an artist's hold instead of a writer's hold? I found expressing lines with just my wrist to be very limiting. But maybe the thing to do is to zoom in and out more instead of drawing bigger?

All of the best,

JCML Fine Art

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