All Things Painter John Derry's 2006 Holiday Gift Guide by John Derry

I'm making a list and checking it twice! Yes, it's the time of year for spreading holiday cheer. I've prepared a list of items priced under $100 (all prices in USD) designed to delight the Corel Painter devotee. Or maybe you can "accidentally" leave this list out in view of other household members. Either way, someone will definitely get what they wished for this holiday season!

$25 or Less

$9.95 - Wacom® Stroke Pen Nibs (5 nibs). Hot-rod your Wacom pen! These pen nibs incorporate dual springs to provide a brush-like feel. Available at www.wacom.com

$9.95 - DigArts Tropics Paint Set. Paint away the winters blahs with 23 Image Hose Nozzles of trees and foliage from the tropics. Available at gardenhose.co

$17.99 - U.S. Postal Service PhotoStamps. Create valid U.S. postage stamps with your Corel Painter art on them! Prices start at $17.99 for a sheet of 20 stamps; price-per-stamp goes down for larger orders. Available at stamps.com

$23.99 - Memorex® 1-GB TravelDrive™ USB 2.0 Flash Drive. The prices on these convenient storage devices just keep dropping! Last year, the same item was $59.99! Convenient solution for temporarily storing your Corel Painter images and then accessing them from any PC or Mac® USB port. Available at Buy.com

$25.00 - Take a Corel Painter Class. LVS Online offers 6-week Corel Painter classes five times a year, taught by long-time Painter instructor Karen Bonaker. Sign up at LVS Online Classes

$25 - $50

$29.67 - Painter IX for Photographers: Creating Painterly Images Step-by-Step. Author Martin Addison gets you up to speed quickly and teaches you how to create imaginative artwork from your own photographs. Available at Amazon.com

$32.97 - Digital Collage and Painting: Using Photoshop and Painter to Create Fine Art. Artist and educator Susan Bloom Ruddick enthusiastically charges your creative batteries with this in-depth look at merging photography and Corel Painter to create fine art. Available at Amazon.com

$34.95 - Photoworks Hardcover Personal Photo Book. Preserve your treasured Corel Painter art in an elegant, glossy hardcover 20-page coffee-table book ($.99 per additional page). Available at photoworks.com

$45 - Painter—The World's Finest Art. A showcase of the world's finest digital art using Corel Painter. The included 209 images were selected by a panel of leading digital artists from the Corel Painter community. You'll be inspired as you look through this handsome volume. Available at The Corel Store

$50 - $75

$59 - 11x14 Gallery-wrapped Canvas. Grace your home with an archival-quality canvas featuring your Corel Painter art. The ink-jet printing on high-quality canvas makes your artwork come to life. Available through Canvas on Demand

$69 - Corel® Painter™ Essentials 3 (Download Version). An ideal gift for anyone new to digital art. Turn pictures into stunning paintings in just three steps! Available at The Corel Store

$74.95 - PANTONE® huey. A calibrated and profiled monitor is essential for getting your system to accurately display and print your Corel Painter images. The huey is a monitor calibration tool that guarantees accurate color. Available at Adorama

$75 - $100

$79.98 - Ott-Lite TrueColor Table Lamp. Designed to replicate natural daylight indoors, this lamp is perfect for accurately comparing prints against your calibrated monitor. Available at Dick Blick

$80 - Portrait Magic! Corel Painter portrait artist Susi Lawson reveals her secrets on this video DVD containing over 3 hours of step-by-step lessons. Available at Suzi Lawson's website

$82.39 - Sennelier Soft Pastel Set. Corel Painter is wonderful, but it never hurts to dabble in traditional media. This venerable name in pastels comes in specialized color sets (Floral, Landscape, Portrait). Available at Dick Blick

$99.95 - Wacom® Graphire4 4x5 USB Tablet. Still mousing around? Discover the world of pressure-sensitive Corel Painter brushes. Available at www.wacom.com

Happy Holidays from All Things Painter!

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 teaches Corel Painter workshops around the country and is currently serving as Corel's Painter Ambassador-at-Large. John's Web site is at www.pixlart.com.