An i-pad is a marvellous tool for planning your composition. My daily paintings are square and instead of using a little viewfinder and squinting, I can take a photo on my i-pad and crop it to a square. There is also a choice of other formats. Here is the photo as taken by the i-pad. Be sure to take your photo from where you'll stand or sit when painting, or all the angles will be different. In the top right corner it says Edit. Click this. The crop tool is the second tool from the … [Read more...]