Digital painting is an emerging art form

Digital painting is an emerging art form in which traditional painting techniques such as watercolors, oils, paints, etc. are applied using digital tools through computers, graphics tablets and styluses, and software. Traditional paintings are painted in physical mediums as opposed to more modern styles like digital. Digital painting is different from other forms of digital art, especially computer-generated art, because it does not involve computer rendering from a model. Artists use painting techniques to create digital paintings directly on the computer. All digital painting programs attempt to mimic the use of physical media with a variety of brushes and painting effects. Digitally styled brushes are included in many programs to represent traditional styles of media such as oil, acrylic, crayon, charcoal, pen, and even airbrush. Each digital paint has some unique effects that depict the true effect of watercolor on digital "watercolor" paint. In most digital painting programs, users can create their own brush styles using a combination of textures and shapes. This ability is important for bridging the gap between traditional and digital painting.