After you print to canvas, then what?

Karen Sperling — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 03:24:00 GMT

I'm continuing to work on my Painting for Photographers book.

I've posted some examples of some of the book's layouts.

I've also posted an excerpt from the section on painting on canvas

prints.

Visit http://www.artistrymag.com/docs/bookexcerpts.html to see the page layouts and to download

the chapter on what you do after you print to canvas.

Visit http://www.artistrymag.com/docs/bookorder.html to get in on the $25 pre-publication price

(before shipping, handling and California tax), a 36 percent discount off the $39.95 cover price!

Back to writing...

Happy painting!

Karen

Deja Vu All Over Again

Karen Sperling — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:59:00 GMT

I've been working on redesigning my web site:

http://www.artistrymag.com

I'm also working on my Painting for Photographers book.

http://www.artistrymag.com/docs/sperlingbook.html

It's funny how both things are taking me back and taking me into the future at the same time.

The web design is like moving into a new house. You have all your same furniture and
paintings, but somehow arranging the furniture and hanging the art in the new place
just makes them look so much better.

It's great to revisit some of the previous tutorials in redesigning their pages.

I'm also having a great time adding new information, including free stuff!

Visit this page for a new tip from the July 2008 issue of Artistry Tips and Tricks:

http://www.artistrymag.com/docs/tips.html

The Professional Photographers in Sacramento, CA liked the tip so much that they
posted it on their site, which was a real honor:

http://ppsv.blogspot.com/2008/07/free-painter-tutorial-from-karen.html

Meanwhile, I'm writing my fourth Painter book, entitled Painting for Photographers.

It's actually more like my 7th or 8th Painter book, if you count the Painter manuals I wrote
in addition to the Painter Companion, which was a book of tutorials that Fractal Design,
Painter's first publisher, produced.

As Yogi Berra said, it's like deja vu all over again.

I haven't written a book in a few years--though I never stopped writing Painter tutorials,
first for my printed Artistry newsletter and now for my current Artistry Tips and Tricks ezine.

It's such comfortable territory for me, since I've written books so many times before.

But what's new about it is how I'm using Painter.

I'm enjoying discovering new techniques for turning photos into paintings, based on
my experiences with working photographers at my Artistry Retreats and in private
training, and my own experiments in Painter, including for my abstract art,
and the techniques will be included in the book.

Here's my art web site:

http://www.karensperling.com

Speaking of Artistry Retreats, I have a new one coming up August 25-27, 2008 in Malibu, CA,
followed by an Artistry GARTEL Marketing Seminar August 28-29, 2008.

The Artistry Seminars are another case of Deja Vu all over again.

Though I've been teaching Painter since 1991, this is only the second class I'm holding in
Malibu, which everyone at the first session agreed was paradise.

I hold the classes at Pepperdine University, which is high up in the Santa Monica mountains
with breathtaking views of the Pacific Ocean.

It really is a special place.

Visit this page for more info:

http://www.artistrymag.com/docs/retreats.html

I'll be updating my web site with new information frequently,
so I hope you'll drop by my web site, link to it, bookmark it, and
visit often, so that it becomes like deja vu all over again for you!

Happy Painting!

Karen

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After you print to canvas, then what?

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