I think pyprocessing (https://code.google.com/p/pyprocessing/ https://code.google.com/p/pyprocessing/) makes an excellent middle ground here. It implements much

I think pyprocessing (https://code.google.com/p/pyprocessing/ https://code.google.com/p/pyprocessing/) makes an excellent middle ground here. It implements much of the Processing API in Python, without making an effort to hide the underlying principles of the language (like Processing seems to do for better and for worse).