All Things Painter 2005 Corel® Painter™ Holiday Gift Guide by John Derry

'Tis the season to be giving and receiving. Corel® Painter™ users are no different than anyone else—we have needs, too. In the spirit of the holiday season, I've written a list, and checked it twice, of cool and useful items guaranteed to tickle the fancy of the Corel Painter aficionado. All items are priced under $100 (USD), so you won't break the bank pleasing that favorite Corel Painter fanatic of yours.

$25 or Less

$4.95 • Wacom® Replacement Pen Nibs (5 nibs). Don't be caught with a flat nib on your creative journey. Available at CoolGraphicStuff.com

$14.95 • DigArts new Jungle DVD EA Paint landscapes, trees and nature with over 800 new nozzles. Available at www.gardenhose.com

$20 • Eclectic Academy Six-Week Corel Painter Digital Art Course. Brush up your Corel Painter skills. Six-week Corel Painter courses are offered every 3 months. Available at EclecticAcademy.com

$24.95 • Wacom® 6 x 8 Tablet Travel Bag. Keep that tablet squeaky clean while transporting your portable art studio to the coffee shop. Available at Wacom Direct

$30-$50

$29 • Shutterfly Hard Cover Personal Photo Book. Preserve your treasured Corel Painter art as an elegant 10-page (double-sided) coffee-table book. Available at shutterfly.com

$31.47 • Digital Character Design and Painting. Learn the fundamentals of character design from a book by Corel Painter Master Don Seegmiller. Available at Amazon.com

$32.44 • The Photoshop and Painter Artist Tablet Book. Painter WOW! author Cher Threinen-Pendarvis guides you with traditional drawing and painting theory to produce Corel Painter artwork. Available at Amazon.com

$39 • RapArtz™ Nozzle Volume CD. Fill up your Corel Painter Image Hose with a variety of plants, flowers, and grasses. Available at rapartz.com

$39.95 • Painter IX Creativity Book. A comprehensive full color guide to being creative with Corel Painter IX.5 - from Painter Master Jeremy Sutton. Available from Corel

$44.95 • Painter IX for Photographers. Get up to speed fast with Corel Painter IX and learn how to create imaginative artwork from your own photographs. Available at amazon.com

$49.99 • The Painter IX Wow! Book. There's something for everyone in this beautifully illustrated book by Painter Master Cher Pendarvis, which features an array of helpful tips and techniques for beginners and pros. Available at amazon.com

$55-75

$55 • Exotique. Amaze your friends with this stunning coffee-table book highlighting world-class character creations by digital artists from around the world. Available at ballisticpublishing.com

$55 • D'Artiste Digital Painting. Amaze your friends with this stunning coffee-table book highlighting world-class digital art. Also contains great tutorials. Available at ballisticpublishing.com

$59 • Techniques of Ryan Church DVD. Learn vehicle and architecture design from one of the leading concept artists working today. Available at The Gnomon Workshop

$59.99 • Memorex® 2nd-Generation 1-GB USB 2.0 TravelDrive™. Convenient solution for temporarily storing your Corel Painter images and then accessing them from any PC or Mac® USB port. Available at Buy.com

$60 • Helen Yancy's Virtual Painter Watercolors CD. Learn to interpret photographs into watercolor art with Corel Painter Master Helen Yancy. Available at Helen Yancy Photography

$65 • Corel Painter IX Training CD. Learn the basics of Corel Painter IX with Tanya Staples and yours truly with this video-based CD. Available at lynda.com

$69.95 • Wacom® 6D Art Pen. For maximum expression, take control of the rotation (roll axis) of the brushes in Corel Painter. This art pen works with the Intuos®3 and Cintiq 21UX Wacom tablets. Available at CoolGraphicStuff.com

$80-100

$89 • Canvas on Demand. Grace your home with an archival-quality canvas featuring your Corel Painter art. Gallery-wrapped or framed, you'll see your artwork come to life. Available through Canvas on Demand

$90 • Artistry One-Year Tips and Tricks Newsletter Subscription. Get a regular dose of Corel Painter expertise from the original Painter expert, Karen Sperling. Available at Artistry Magazine

$99.95 • Wacom® Graphire4 Pen Tablet. Still mousing around? Try the Graphire4 to take full advantage of the famous Corel Painter pressure-sensitive media. Available at Wacom Direct

Happy Holidays from All Things Painter, and be good for goodness' sake!

John Derry
Somewhere in Kansas

John Derry is a pioneer of digital painting and one of the original authors of Corel® Painter™. Since 1985, he has leveraged his background in drawing and painting to advance the look and experience of traditional art-making tools on the computer. John has a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in Fine Art and is a practicing artist and photographer. He is currently serving as Corel's Painter Ambassador-at-Large. John's Web site is at www.pixlart.com.