Interior Designers, Artists Hooked on New Watercolor App That Digitally Enhances Images with Watercolors
Did you ever dream of being a famous watercolor artist like Georgia O'Keeffe, who used watercolor as a way to explore intense colors and light she witnessed after moving to rural New Mexico? Or Edward Hopper, who captured the American experience with "subtler qualities of light," or even Vincent van Gogh, who produced 150 watercolors during his life?
Well, for $2.99, you can download an app that will transform your images or works into watercolor snapshots instantly, which is especially innovative for interior designers who want to show off their work in a different light.
"The modern day way for interior designers and bloggers to instantly share their homes and projects is Instagram, but a new iPhone and iPad app Waterlogue has the social media-savvy crowd literally converting cell phone snapshots of their work into artwork with a click," Elle Décor reports.
"This weekend, along with about everyone else I know, I discovered the app called Waterlogue," Los Angeles-based interior designer and blogger Mark D. Sikes wrote. "In a matter of an hour, so many Facebook and Instagram messages were of watercolors. At first, I was like this is unbelievable that everyone loves watercolors as much as I do. Then I realized it was an app everyone had discovered in a matter of days."
Elle Décor, which selected a few of its favorite interior watercolors, points out that everyone from fashion tastemaker Amanda Brooks to interior designer Michelle Nussbaumer, has posted interiors washed with Waterlogue.
What are Waterlogue users saying about the artsy app?
• "...Waterlogue is going to utterly amaze you, as it's the first app I've seen that gives results that really look like a watercolor painting." -- Charlie Sorrel, Cult of Mac.
• "Watercolor apps may not be a new idea, but Waterlogue does it in a gorgeous, intuitive way, and it's quite a pleasure to use." -- Christine Chan, AppAdvice.com.
• "Waterlogue App (from Tinrocket) looks awesome!" -- Jack Hollingsworth, Photographer, via Twitter @photojack.
• "It goes beyond typical Photoshop watercolor filters because it has more visual intelligence, and more of the feel of the real paint." - James Gurney, Artist and Author of Dinotopia, gurneyjourney.blogspot.com.
• "Ever since digital imagery came into its own over 20 years ago, there have been attempts to mimic traditional media. Where others have failed, Waterlogue nails it."" -- PatrickSaunders.com.
If you like Waterlogue, you might also want to check out another app called Glaze, which simulates oil painting.