Books and Brushes and Classes!
Books:
Painting for Photographers is done and now available at Amazon, where it has received unanimous 5-star reviews!
In Painting for Photographers, you'll discover the software tools and steps and art lessons for turning photos into paintings in Corel Painter and Adobe Photoshop. There's also a section on painting with acrylics and oils on the artwork after it's printed to canvas.
Painting for Photographers is receiving rave reviews and I'm happy to see that it's helping so many people to accomplish their dreams of creating artistic masterpieces from their photographs!
Click here
for information about Painting for Photographers at my web site and click here
to order Painting for Photographers at Amazon.
Brushes:
I just got an email that not only just made my day, but also just made yours, if you've been trying to paint photos in Painter.
The email brought the news that my new fast and simple Corel Painter brushes WORK!
My idea was to create brushes that cut to the chase. With my 20 years of Painter experience, I thought I'd make up a bunch of brushes for painting portraits and landscapes that were basically pick and paint. The only adjustment needed would be brush stroke width to fit the size of the space that you're painting.
In addition to the brushes are tutorials that list step-by-step which brushes to use where. My thought was that the tutorials would be a work flow cheat sheet. Need to paint a portrait? Use these steps and these brushes. The theory is kind of the idea behind Photoshop's filters. However, unlike the filters that are easily recognizable, my quick and easy brushes would still provide unique results because you're still doing the painting yourself.
My other idea was to make the process quick. I've done elaborate tutorials where you get sensational results, but they do take awhile. These new tutorials are intended to give you great results quickly.
And now, for the email I just got. Here's the vote:
Karen,
In response to your brushes and tutorials. I have spent the last couple days working with them all and I can attest that they are amazing in achieving the results I desire. You have made these brushes intuitive and extremely responsive. I especially love the oils for creating beautiful portraits!
The tutorials are easy to follow allowing you to create a masterpiece with minimal effort and in a short amount of time!
Thank you for taking the time to produce this cd.
Sincerely,
Linda Wehler
Digital Fine Artist
Now that's exciting!
You can get these 25 magic brushes and 50 pages of tutorials on the Artistry Bonus CD that either comes with the hardcover version of Painting for Photographers or is available separately.
Click here for an overview of the Artistry Bonus CD and click here to order.
Painting by Karen Sperling with the brushes on the Artistry Bonus CD from a photo at http://www.sxc.hu/.
Detail of oil painting.
Classes:
I have three Artistry Painting for Photographers Retreats coming up in April, May and June.
California
3-Day Artistry Painting for Photographers Retreat
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, April 19, 20 and 21, 2010, 9 am to 4 pm
Atlanta
3-Day Artistry Painting for Photographers Retreat
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, May 12, 13 and 14, 2010, 9 am to 4 pm
New York
3-Day Artistry Painting for Photographers Retreat
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, June 28, 29 and 30, 2010, 9 am to 4 pm
Painting by Karen Sperling from her photo, taken from a window at the Hotel New Yorker, site of the Artistry Retreat.
Painting detail.
Click here for information about the Artistry Retreats!