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July 2006
The Painter Canvas is an inspirational monthly electronic newsletter exclusively for our Painter community.
With John Derry
A natural evolution in art
Many artists base their work on digital photos—and end up with astounding results. A photograph can coexist effortlessly within Corel Painter's art studio of brushes, the artist free to dip their paintbrush into a photograph.
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Creating vector shapes in Painter
Create shapes to use as paths when you paint with Corel Painter IX.5. Open or closed, shapes are vector-based objects that you can draw, modify, and fill. While Corel Painter offers you several ways to create shapes, this tip focuses on the Pen tool and the Shape tools.
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Using vectors to draw and paint with precision
When you need to create a perfect curve or shape, Snap-to-Path Painting can simplify—and perfect—your work. You can constrain your brush stroke along a path or a shape with the click of a button or by using a keyboard shortcut.
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Corel Painter Wow! Tips with Cher Threinen-Pendarvis
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Melting into Watercolor with Corel® Painter™ IX.5
By Cher Threinen-Pendarvis
With the Watercolor layers in Corel® Painter™ IX.5, a painting or photograph on the Canvas layer can be melted into a watercolor painting.
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Organize your brushes and boost productivity!
By Ludmila Minkova
With Corel Painter IX.5 you can create brushes quickly and share them easily with other Painter users. You can also ensure easy, efficient access to your brushes by organizing them into libraries. In this tutorial, you'll learn about:
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how brushes are organized |
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adding new brush categories to the Painter Brushes library |
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creating and loading brush libraries |
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preserving your custom brushes and brush libraries |
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sharing your brushes and brush libraries with others |
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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.
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Corel and GeeGuides Enhance Art Education in the Classroom
GeeGuides—a leading innovator in art education—has selected Corel Painter Essentials 3 for its geeART16 digital art activities. The comprehensive curriculum helps students learn the language of art and how to use it as a form of self expression.
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Here's a glance at what's hot and happening in the Corel community:
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Martini Splash in San Francisco
See Jeremy Sutton's Martini Splash at Nordstrom San Francisco, CA, from October 27 to 30. This solo art show-part of the monthly Nordstrom Martini Splash series-features a series of portraits of San Francisco Bay area women of style.
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New Jeremy Sutton portrait unveiled
Jeremy Sutton's exquisite portrait of Giles Henderson—Master of Pembroke College, Oxford University—has been unveiled to great critical acclaim. Pembroke College is Jeremy's alma mater.
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Maura Dutra and Bruce Hamilton Dorn
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September 23-27, 2006, Jackson Hole, WY. Come join the Shootin' and Paintin' Workshop, a Photo Impressionism® digital photography adventure led by two Corel Painter Masters: Maura Dutra and Bruce Hamilton Dorn. Presented by iDC 2006 Workshops.
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Marilyn Sholin:
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August 7 to 10, Long Island, NY: Photo workshop. Unwind and learn!
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August 20: Join Marilyn at the Niagara School of Imaging.
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September 10 and 11, Littleton, CO: Two-day Corel Painter IX.5 workshop. Learn to paint like Marilyn!
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September 18 and 19, Salt Lake City, UT: Two-day Painter workshop.
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October 22 to 26, Austin, TX: Get in touch with your inner Diva at the Double Dose of DIVAS workshop with Deanna Urs.
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Marilyn Sholin Workshops and Events:
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Karen Sperling:
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August 1 to 4, New York City, NY: Karen teams with Laurence Gartel at the Artistry Corel Painter IX.5 Portraits for Profits workshop.
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August 28 to 31, Tarzana, CA: Four-day workshop. Time is money, which means doing portraits quickly is more profitable! That's the idea behind the Artistry Corel Painter IX.5 Portraits for Profits Workshops.
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Helen Yancy:
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New date!! The Deep Creek class, in scenic Maryland, will now run November 2 to 5. For all skill levels—beginner to fine portraiture!
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Jeremy Sutton:
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August 3, from 7 to 8 pm, Apple Store, San Francisco, CA: Art from the Heart-Harnessing the Power and Beauty of Digital Paint.
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August 21 to 24, Los Angeles, CA: Join Jeremy Sutton's Painter Creativity seminars and learn to paint like Jeremy! This is a great opportunity to master Corel Painter IX.5.
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Fay Sirkis:
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August 14 to 16, San Jose, CA: Come learn from this great artist at her Photo Painting workshop.
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September 6, Photoshop World, Las Vegas, NV: Take your skills to a new level! Learn from Fay at the Mastering Photo Painting workshop. Space is limited so register early.
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September 18, Ronkonkonma, NY: Photo Painting—A Day with Fay Sirkis.
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October 23 to 26, Las Vegas, NV: Come join the Paint Like A Master workshop! Space is limited so register early.
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Jane Conner-ziser:
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August 20 to 23, Raleigh, NC: Learn Jane's secrets at the Digital Fine Arts for Photographers, Carolina Photography and Artists Society.
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Check out Marilyn Sholin's Tutorials, which have been updated for 2006—including tons of new movies!
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Check out Marilyn Sholin's online newsletter. It includes a Corel Painter IX.5 tutorial movie!
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Come join Marilyn Sholin's Digital Painting Forum. It's free!
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Learn Karen's tricks! Karen Sperling has just released a new Artistry Tips and Tricks CD: Year Two, The First Six Months. Pick up some astonishing portrait and landscape techniques from these popular tutorials.
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Painter Master Andrew Jones will be featured in the upcoming book d'artiste: Concept Art from Ballistic Publishing. This book includes four full tutorials created in Corel Painter IX.5. Buy it now!
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Discover how to use the computer to paint photos and to incorporate other visual materials into images. Buy Digital Collage and Painting: Using Photoshop and Painter to Create Fine Art written by Susan Ruddick Bloom.
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ARNO Art Award 2006 - deadline extended!
The deadline for the 2006 ARNO Art Award has officially been extended from May 26 to August 31. Send in your artwork to participate in one of Europe's most important art illustration challenges.
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Meet a Dungeons and Dragons artist
Stop by our booth at Dragon*Con 2006 from September 1 to 4 in Atlanta and meet Todd Lockwood, one of the world's premier fantasy artists. Todd uses Corel Painter to create images for Dungeons & Dragons and science fiction and fantasy novels. Get a signed copy of Todd's book Transitions.
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SIGGRAPH Show
Come and meet Don Seegmiller-celebrated artist, author, educator and Painter Master—at the Corel booth during SIGGRAPH 2006 from August 1 to 3 in Boston. Don will demonstrate how he uses Corel Painter IX.5. Don will be demonstrating Painter in the SIGGRAPH Guerilla Studio Monday through Wednesday from 12 to 1 pm.
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Calling all photographers!
Come watch Claudia Salguero at the PMA Canada Exposition 2006 at the Ottawa Congress Centre, Ottawa, ON September 11 to 13. Claudia will demonstrate how photographers can dramatically improve their art with Corel Painter IX.5.
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Ryan Church, Concept Artist
Classically trained and on record as having once vowed he would "never use a computer to paint," Ryan now works exclusively in the digital realm to create his designs and illustrations. Says Ryan: "Sitting at a fast computer with a large monitor and a large Wacom tablet running Painter is as close as I've ever gotten to the seamless transmission of my mind's idea to the page."
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Stock photos from Jupiter Images |
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Save up to $30 USD on Corel Painter Essentials 3!
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*Please note: Download versions of Corel Painter Essentials 3 DO NOT include:
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10 Lynda.com movies (10 additional movies are available for download upon registration) |
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GeeGuides movie tutorial |
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Corel Painter IX.5 trainers' profiles |
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Stock photos from Jupiter images |
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Save up to $20 USD on Corel Paint Shop Pro X!
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Purchase Toon Boom Studio now for only $249.99 US!
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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:
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