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February 2005  The Painter Canvas is an inspirational monthly electronic newsletter exclusively for our Painter community. 
 Beating the Creative Doldrums by John Derry It happens to all of us at one time or another—the dreaded creative doldrums. When your creative gas tank runs dry, what can you do to get back on the road towards your artistic goal? In the following paragraphs, I'll offer up some of the techniques I've found helpful in getting back onto the artistic track.   
Expressing Exuberance By Jeremy Sutton In this tutorial I take a low-resolution black-and-white image of Ray Charles* and, with the help of Corel® Painter™ IX, turn it into a colorful portrait—one that expresses Charles' exuberance and the power of his music. The specific steps covered here are less important than the overall philosophy of approaching an image with an open mind and a willingness to experiment.  
Give your painting a beautiful finishing touch with Once you've finished your latest Painter masterpiece, you should hop over to Paint Shop Pro to add a little final flourish. With Paint Shop Pro, you can choose from hundreds of frames and photos mats. Want to see how easy it is to add these beautiful finishing touches to your paintings? We'll show you how >>  Using the Blender brushes to paint photos in By Lori Kerfoot You can use the Blender brushes in Corel® Painter™ IX in a variety of ways. Blender brushes do not apply color—rather, they move and mix color from the underlying image. They can also reproduce the effects of applying water or oil to blend paint. Using the Auto Clone feature in By the Corel Documentation Team In Corel® Painter™ IX, you can use the Auto Clone feature to automatically apply brush strokes to your image. Auto Clone also enables you to easily produce a Natural-Media® version of an image. 
Have you developed a unique Painter brush? Would you like to share your brush with other Painter users? Email it to us: enewsfeedback@corel.com. 
 Here's a glance at what's hot and happening in the Corel community:
 Following is a list of events scheduled for March.
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 Nomi Wagner, self-employed portrait artist After 20 years as a professional portrait photographer, Nomi Wagner wanted to create portraiture in a different way—by using the computer as her medium.   
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 Jumpstart your creativity Here are some great resources that will help you become the Painter expert you've always wanted to be!
Corel Painter IX Interactive Training from lynda.com Getting Started with Corel Painter with Lynda Weinman is a CD-ROM workshop that includes video clip tutorials developed for Corel® Painter™ beginners, as well as returning Corel Painter users who want to understand the latest features.  The Photoshop and Painter Artist Tablet Book, by Cher Threinen-PendarvisThis beautiful 4-color bookinstructs digital artists at all levels on how to push their skills further using Wacom pressure-sensitive tablet, Photoshop, and Painter. Written by the award-winning author of the Painter Wow! book series. So what do you think? Now that you've had a chance to read through this issue of The Painter Canvas, we want to hear your thoughts. Send us your comments and suggestions—and help us make this newsletter the resource you want it to be: enewsfeedback@corel.com. Newsletter Archives Missed a story? Want to revisit an old tip? No problem. Every issue of The Painter Canvas is posted to an online archive for easy reference. Check out some of our previous issues >>  |
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The 2005 Wedding and Portrait Photographers International (WPPI) Convention, March 20, Las Vegas. Featuring Painter presentations by Marilyn Sholin, Jeremy Sutton, and Helen Yancy. For more information see 
