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Normally oil paintings are expensive, which is out of reach of many people's budget; this is where digital art comes into its own. Therefore what are the benefits of digital art?
Digital art is completed on the computer using many different techniques from freehand drawing on a tablet or Ipad to the complex understanding of software. Once the artist is happy with the work it is declared finished just as an oil painting or watercolour. The file can then be used in a similar way to a photographer's negative or digital file stored on a camera. Just as a photograph can be printed once and the file destroyed, a digital work can also be printed once. Therefore it can be a unique work, a one-of-a-kind if the file is destroyed.
The work can also be printed on high-quality paper using archival, fade-resistant pigment inks. The fading of certain pigments can happen with oil paints if the wrong ones are used. Therefore digital art, printed correctly will last up to 70 to 80 years and in some cases longer. Another advantage is the use of conservation clear glass which blocks harmful UV rays and protects the digital work even more.
To make it affordable and give pleasure to more than one person you can allow 5 or 10 or even 300 prints to limit the number, or it can be called an open print, which means there is no limit to the number printed and thus lower the price further. You may say an oil painting can be copied and printed and I agree however the digital printed work is the art work. Compare this to a music CD (or download) it exists as a file and can be listened to many times and enjoyed. In addition a CD if signed by the artist (and also a rare CD) becomes more valuable.
Therefore digital works can have archival properties and be valuable although at a fraction of the price, thus making it possible for a private collection of art works.
