Posts Tagged ‘iPhone apps’

b-wired: art at your fingertips

// November 19th, 2009 // Comments // b-wired

For all you art-loving iPhone users out there Apple has come out with a new app called “artnear.” I would consider getting an iPhone just to have this handy tool at my fingertips!

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“artnear–the first global guide to contemporary art for iPhone and iTouch.”  The application provides you with a selection of the best galleries and exhibitions worldwide, so being in London I can keep up with what is going on with the New York art scene, or anywhere else for that matter!

My favorite feature is the ‘calendar’ (if you’re ADD you’ll love this too) because it keeps you posted on dates of upcoming shows and events and even sends a warning if a show is closing soon!  But the best part about this app? It’s free!

b-wired:iPhone-art-on-the-go by David Hockney

// November 2nd, 2009 // Comments // b-wired

Digital photography and photo-manipulation (aka photo-shopping) are now bona fide Twenty-First Century art genres. But what would you say if we told you that you can now create artwork with your iPhone? Better still, the artist who’s pioneered the iPhone-art-on-the-go genre, is 72 year-old critically acclaimed artist David Hockney! Don’t you wish he was your grandpa?

David Hockney uses a nifty little app called ‘Brushes’ to create his works, a natural media painting application that features an advanced colour picker, several realistic brushes, multiple layers, extreme zooming, and a simple yet deep interface. The Bradford born artist sees the iPhone as offering a new challenge, creating work on a small canvas that requires you to think about composition, texture and colour. It also offers the possibility to share artwork, work in progress and ideas instantaneously with anyone in the world. He actually has two i-phones full of works. Pretty cool, huh?

So yes, there is quite literally an iPhone app for everything, which is fantastic news for those amongst us who have inherited two left hands (and nope we’re not talking about our artists here!)

There’s also a pretty cool list of other iPhone apps for artists on Be your art

If you’re using any of these apps, why not email your creations over – go on, you know you want to!