New Watercolor Brush and Portrait
Painting by Karen Sperling from a photo at Stock.XCHNG.
I had a great time painting the watercolor portrait for the February 2010 issue of Artistry Tips and Tricks that you see above.
I used a custom watercolor brush that I created that you can download for free at the Artistry web site–see the link below.
Watercolors in Painter used to be a very sore subject.
Up until Painter 6, the watercolor brushes were divine.
Then, for some reason, in Painter 7, they completely changed how watercolors worked, and for the worse.
They were slow as molasses and not much use.
In Painter 8 they introduced the Digital Watercolors to try to replace the deleted Painter 6 watercolors. They simply didn’t work as well.
Time went on and they endeavored to improve the Digital Watercolors, and also, computers got faster.
And now, with Painter X and 11, I’m happy to report, the Digital Watercolors are great! Maybe even better than the Painter 6 and earlier ones. And now, with faster computers, the Watercolors introduced in Painter 7 are useful, too.
The February 2010 issue of Artistry Tips and Tricks has art concepts and Painter steps for painting watercolor portraits from photos.
Topics covered in the February 2010 issue of Artistry Tips and Tricks include:
*How to know if a photo is a good candidate to be turned into a painting
*How to adjust a photo’s composition for painting
*How to choose a color scheme
*How to use Painter’s Watercolor and Digital Watercolor brushes
*How to add custom Painter brushes in Mac and Windows
*How to paint watercolor portraits from photos
*How to paint faces
*How to paint eyes
*How to paint lips
*How to paint hair
*How to work with watercolor layers
*How to use Tracing Paper
*How to use clones
*How to adjust colors
*How to use Karen Sperling’s special tips and techniques
*Start-to-finish workflow steps
Click here for the February 2010 issue of Artistry Tips and Tricks and for the free custom watercolor brush.
Send me the paintings that you create with my brush and I’ll post them on my blog!
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