They behave just like the real thing, except in this virtual world you can pause, stop or even reverse the paint’s natural progression. It is magic realism and augmented reality!Ĭonsider Rebelle 4 watercolors. It’s more even than an art-making simulation. That’s exactly Rebelle 4! An award-winning paint and drawing program that’s far more than colored brush strokes and filters. Wouldn’t it be amazing if you could have the best of both worlds? A digital tool that reproduces the serendipity of real media but keeps it firmly under your control? The trade-off is that you forgo your favorite medium’s nuance, and mystery, and inspiration. Indeed, most graphics programs help you realize a specific artistic vision because they’re entirely predictable. It may even be the reason you chose to go digital. It’s a common enough experience in real-world art-making. Sometimes this opens up new possibilities, often it just leads to frustration. If you paint with watercolors – or with any media really – you probably know how this feels: you get a piece to where you want it and well, it keeps going! The paint bleeds, drips, or spreads in ways you didn’t intend or expect.