Mermaid Cave Study (Created using FREE software)

Here's your daily reminder that you do not need expensive tools to be a good artist. This speed paint was created in Ubuntu 14.04 (FREE OS) using MyPaint v1.1 (FREE Drawing / Painting Software for Linux / OS X / Windows. Download: mypaint.org ) and a $50 Huion 580 Tablet. Before you run out and buy a $600 Adobe subscription and a $100 Wacom: try these wonderful alternatives who deserve our support instead. Maybe if all the struggling artists band together and stop blindly throwing money at the 'industry standard' software publishers will actually have to compete for our business and make educational software affordable again.