the last time i held a brush was 30 years ago ... I've often thought whether I should paint again but somehow that's nix ... if I would start again then I would probably either again in the style of Max Ernst or again make pictures like James Rosenquist ... but also the hyperrealism of Gottfried Helnwein would be interesting.

I only pull the real paints out a few times a year (at most), usually for something on a commission or for a gift, though I also do a "no technology" week most years where I shut off my computers and tablets and phone; after a day or two of that, I usually pull out some watercolors or acrylics and do some small stuff just because I can't shut off my creativity for long.

Digital paintings, though... I pay the bills by being an illustrator and graphic designer, so I do it all the time. But there's a pretty strong dividing line between work and fun, at least in how my brain is firing while I'm doing it, and often (but not always) in the style and techniques I use. For commercial work, clients tend to want precise, clean, and soulless stuff, so I work in Illustrator and Photoshop for most of it. For the stuff I do for myself, I lean more toward Painter (and for the last few years, Rebelle; and for the last few months, Fresco). Until the new version of Rebelle came out a few weeks ago, I used it for watercolor (the way it handles wetting and drying the paper, bleeds, tilts, and just about everything else is pure magic), and used Painter for oils and acrylics. With the new acrylics in Rebelle, though, that might change.