http://artistrymag.com/blog1 The view from my side of your monitor. Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:00:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Painting by Karen Sperling from a photo by Michelle Lamberth. I wrote the first Corel Painter manual in 1991, when the software debuted. Adobe Photoshop debuted around the same time. That means, it's almost 20 years since digital art first became widespread through the use of two popular software programs available on the ... http://artistrymag.com/blog1/?p=74 In part I of my Confessions of a newbie children's portrait photographer, I showed the results of my first portfolio building portrait shoot and talked about my experiences with grainy, high-ISO photos. Many of the comments I received about that blog mentioned how courageous I was in revealing my feeling stupid ... http://artistrymag.com/blog1/?p=73 I have been teaching people to use computers and Corel Painter software for nearly 20 years. It's my experience that people with the ability to feel comfortable with feeling stupid learn better than people who hate feeling stupid. People who can just roll with feeling stupid get smarter quicker by ... http://artistrymag.com/blog1/?p=71 Here's a sneak preview of the latest issue of Artistry Tips and Tricks, which shows you how to turn photos into paintings in Corel Painter and Adobe Photoshop. This issue covers how to paint children's portraits from photos. To read the entire issue of Artistry Tips and Tricks for just $14.99, visit ... http://artistrymag.com/blog1/?p=70 Painting by Karen Sperling from a photo by Rainy Chastine. In my Artistry Bonus CD and my Painting for Photographers DVD, I describe techniques and offer custom brushes that I used to create the painting on this page. All of my tutorials describe these five ingredients as the most important ones in ... http://artistrymag.com/blog1/?p=69 Painting by Karen Sperling from a photo by Michelle East. I used the techniques described in the Painting for Photographers DVD and the Artistry Bonus CD to paint this portrait, and I painted it with my custom brushes on the Artistry Bonus CD. http://artistrymag.com/blog1/?p=68 Photographers who paint photos don't think of themselves as artists, but they are, and it's a good idea to look at art in galleries, museums, books and online to get better at creating your own masterpieces. Google has beefed up its image search engine, and it can be especially useful for ... http://artistrymag.com/blog1/?p=66 Painting by Karen Sperling from her photo. Paintings touch a special part of peoples' hearts, and many photographers are successful at offering painted portraits as a deluxe add-on to their photography business. I hear a lot of the objections from photographers who want to add paintings, but who aren't sure about how ... http://artistrymag.com/blog1/?p=64 Painting by Karen Sperling from a photo by Barbara Okun. The techniques for painting this portrait are described in the Painting for Photographers DVD. E-mail Karen Sperling to commission a portrait. http://artistrymag.com/blog1/?p=63 You are set to turn a photo into a painting in Corel Painter. You have your Wacom stylus in hand and you start to paint, but nothing happens! Here's a checklist of five possibilities why nothing happens when you try to paint in Corel Painter. 1. Selected Layers Make sure you have the ... http://artistrymag.com/blog1/?p=61