Picture this: it's 2010, and David Hockney—arguably Britain's most famous living painter—walks into an Apple Store and emerges with an iPad. Here was a 71-year-old master, someone who'd spent decades perfecting his craft with actual paint and actual brushes, suddenly prodding away at a screen like he was playing Angry Birds.
"It's just a gadget," sniffed the critics. "Where's the skill in that?" asked the traditionalists. "Anyone can draw on a tablet," muttered the purists.
