Arabic Digital Painting

Abstract

Objectives: Exploring the reasons behind the popularity of digital painting in Arab countries, and the most important digital technologies used. furthermore, Understanding the artistic values in digital painting works. And the most significant issues raised by Arab artists in their digital art works in painting.

Methods: The current research relies on the descriptive-analytical approach, which is characterized by collecting (nine digital artworks) from artists across Arab countries and conducting semi-structured interviews with them.

Results: Arab artist has managed to keep pace with technological and technical developments in digital painting and has produced digital artworks that rival Western works. Moreover, the Arab artist often portrays artistic content in most of their digital works, addressing their realities and issues and expressing their culture. They also utilize various technical tools and software to create more innovative digital paintings.

Conclusions: The Arab artist has fully harnessed digital tools, adapting them to enhance their art. The availability of digital tools, software, and the internet, along with the unique features and capabilities of these digital technologies, has empowered the artist through pioneering this art form and classifying it as contemporary Arab art. Furthermore, the digital paintings created by Arab artists reveal artistic values by depicting the manner in which an object, scene, or artistic condition is represented, as demonstrated through the analysis of their works.