Introducing Artistry Focus Videos


Painting by Karen Sperling based on her photo.
In creating my three volumes of Painting for Photographers video tutorials, I wanted to offer in-depth looks at turning into paintings photos of adults, landscapes and children in Corel Painter.
These comprehensive videos get viewers up and running in Corel Painter. However, Painter’s tools are like the alphabet. With just 26 letters to work with, writers create volumes and volumes and volumes of written materials. Similarly, Painter has a finite number of tools that can be used to create an infinite number of images.
Therefore, I wanted to offer videos that focus on various aspects, styles and techniques for turning photos into paintings in Corel Painter and also Adobe Photoshop beyond the basics covered in my three Painting for Photographers video tutorial volumes, including brushes and step-by-step workflow.
I have named these new tutorials the Artistry Focus Video series. My first offering in this new series is a 1 hour, 20 minute-long video showing how to turn a photo into a painting in Corel Painter in the style of Impressionist artist Edgar Degas.
Painting in the style of a great master is useful for developing your own painting style. Art students often sketch the masterpieces on display in museums as a way to study how artists through the centuries handled line, tone and form. Seeing other artists’ thought and creative processes this way helps you to make decisions as you create your own work.
Here is a taste of the video:
The video shows step-by-step how to use art theories and Photoshop and Painter tools to paint a Degas-style painting. I chose dancers as the subject because many of the paintings by Degas showed dancers, but the techniques would work on any subject.
The video begins by analyzing characteristics of Degas paintings that you can use in your own paintings.



Paintings by Edgar Degas.
Next you see how to set up the photo in Photoshop for painting and how to paint it in Corel Painter.




Painting by Karen Sperling based on her photo.
I really enjoyed painting this painting in Corel Painter and I’m happy to let you in on my secrets for creating it.
I think one of the best parts of the video is seeing the painting take shape after the early, unimpressive, stages, clearly illustrating what I always say, that everything you paint is an interim image and will only improve the more you work on it, so keep going! Never give up!
Click here for more information and to order. Happy Degas Painting!



































