Artistry Online: The source for painting photos in Corel Painter and Adobe Photoshop

Cover art painted and designed by Karen Sperling from a photo by Felicia Tausig.

Karen Sperling's Painting for Photographers DVD shows how to turn a photo by renowned photographer Phillip Stewart Charis into a painting.

This tutorial DVD is based on the written instructions found in the bestselling book, Painting for Photographers.

The DVD's videos show the actual painting of the written steps described in the book with additional tips and techniques that Karen Sperling has amassed in her 20 years of writing about and teaching Corel Painter.

Included on the Painting for Photographers DVD are:
75.40 minutes of tutorial movies
3 Bonus tutorial movies covering:
* Painting with the image hose
* Creating image hose nozzles
* Using the image hose for portrait backgrounds
Bonus backgrounds and image hose nozzles suitable for both professional photographers and hobbyists to use to enhance their painted portraits.

Loves, Loves, Painting for Photographers DVD
Karen,
I have gone through much of the DVD. I go back and watch two or three times to understand.
I love, love it. It is so much better than written instruction no matter how good the book or the tip.
Many times when I read an instruction, it takes me awhile to find what the book is talking about and
then guessing how to manipulate the brush or whatever the instruction I am trying to learn.
I was getting nowhere fast and I think I will finally be able to create something.
Watching your demonstrations on the DVD is a big leap forward for me."
Terry G.

Painting for Photographers DVD Loaded with Great Tips and Techniques
The Painting For Photographers DVD, like the book, is loaded with a lot of
great tips and techniques for creating hand paintings from your images.
T. Michael Testi, Blog Critics.
Click here to read the whole review.

Painting for Photographers DVD Offers Best Instruction
Karen's new DVD, Painting for Photographers, brought me to a new level.
I have many books and have been studying directions in those books and
in magazines, and never was able to put the tools to work for me effectively,
on my own picture, before I bought the DVD. I think the instruction is better
than anything I have seen so far and watching her far surpasses reading.
T. Sita

Learns More with Every Viewing
Hi Karen,
I received your Painting for Photographers DVD and I must say
I am learning more every time I open the DVD.
I like the idea that you are showing the steps by AUDIO AND VISUAL.
I will be looking forward to another tutorial DVD.
Thank you,
S.J.Galletta

Appreciates Karen Sperling's Sharing Great Knowledge
Karen:
Thank you for the Painting for Photographers DVD. I have been looking for an
easy way to create my painterly look. Now I know that it takes a little more
time than that. I once again have learned so much from your DVD. I had hoped
that it would have been broken down into smaller segments but have found this
working well.
What a great knowledge you have and thank you for sharing it. When you are ready
the teacher will appear. Great stuff.
L. Fowler

Painting for Photographers DVD Offers New Techniques for Real Artistry
Karen,
I have been working on one of the images that you have on your DVD.
The instructions you give on your DVD are more than just copy what is
in the photo -I am pleased to find the new techniques for real artistry
in your instructions!
Thanks so much for doing this DVD - it is what I have been waiting for!
I have so much to learn, but armed with this instruction, I may just be able
to produce a greater painting.
Best wishes,
Sharon

Loves Painting for Photographers DVD
Hi, Karen,
I finally got to review your Painting for Photographers DVD. This is my first
attempt at using your techniques.
I have never painted a whole image before, only parts mainly the background, so I thought
I would pass the before and after images along to you.
Your Painting for Photographers DVD has really opened a new world. I really only used the
blenders before, so adding color to an image really takes it a step further.
I love your DVD. Not much training on Corel Painter out there.
Thanks for putting out a great training video.
Larry Simpson

Movie Tutorials Cover These Topics in Karen Sperling's Painting for Photographers DVD Volume 1

*How to decide if a photo is a good candidate to be turned into a painting.
*How to edit tones
*How to choose a color scheme
*How to use Painter's brushes
*How to use custom palettes
*How to work with Painter's clones
*How to work with Painter's Tracing Paper
*How to edit brushes
*How to paint photos
*How to use Karen Sperling's special tips and techniques
*Start-to-finish workflow steps

The Painting for Photographers DVD has up-close demonstrations of Karen Sperling's techniques for painting eyes, lips, faces and hair, including information about brushes and settings. In addition, you see in action how employing art concepts helps you to know what to paint.

The Painting for Photographers DVD also has demonstrations and instructions for painting furniture;

Other demonstrations include how to use custom palettes, how to paint photos using Tracing Paper, how to know what to paint and many other tips, techniques and skills that will help take your painting to the next level, whether you're a professional photographer interested in painting portraits for your clients or a hobbyist who would like to paint your kids and grandkids.

A Corel Painter Master, Karen Sperling brings to the Painting for Photographers DVD her 20 years of experience explaining how to use Painter gained through writing the software's first several manuals and several Painter books, including the current one, Painting for Photographers; writing Artistry tutorials and her ezine, Artistry Tips and Tricks; teaching Painter at local PPA affiliates, schools and the national PPA and WPPI conventions; and teaching at her own Artistry Retreats.

Bonus Materials in Karen Sperling's Painting for Photographers DVD Volume 1

The bonus materials include movies about creating and painting with image hose nozzles and bonus image hose nozzles and backgrounds for you to use.

Here are examples of backgrounds painted with the bonus brushes on the Painting for Photographers DVD.

Here are the nine bonus backgrounds included on the Painting for Photographers DVD.

The horizontal backgrounds are 20" x 16" at 300 dpi and can either be resized larger or smaller or cropped for vertical paintings.

The backgrounds are .jpg files readable in Photoshop or Painter. They are full-resolution, professional-quality images. You can edit the colors in Photoshop to fit any portrait, and the bonus tutorial movies show you how.

You may use these backgrounds as backdrops for commercial or personal portraits, you just may not transfer the backgrounds to anyone, including, but not limited to, giving them away, selling them, trading them or leasing them.

Considering that professional photography backgrounds start at $100 each and up, these nine backgrounds alone make the DVD a great value!

You can download a free sample background. This is a smaller file than on the DVD--it's 10" x 8" at 200 dpi--but it will give you an idea of the quality of the backgrounds on the DVD if you want to use them as is, and the kinds of things you could be painting, if you want to do it yourself!

Click here to access the background, then press control on Mac; right click on Windows, and click on the image and choose "Save to Target" or "Save Image As" to download it to your computer.

Here are the bonus nozzles on the Painting for Photographers DVD. There are 14 all together on the DVD. Some of these illustrations were created with more than one nozzle.

All the backgrounds you see on the home page, this one and on the following link to the blog were created with these nozzles.

Painter has a brush called the Image Hose that lets you spray image elements and the files containing these elements are called nozzles. The bonus movie tutorials explain how to use Painter's Image Hose and how to load and edit the nozzles that come with the software and with the Painting for Photographers DVD. The bonus movies also show you how to create your own Image Hose nozzles to paint landscapes, portrait backgrounds and everything else you can think of!

The bonus movies also show you how to edit the nozzle colors in Painter and how to edit the colors of the final painting in Photoshop.

You can download a nozzle from the DVD to sample it. This is a 1.2 meg Painter .rif file.

Click here to download the nozzle.

To use the nozzle, follow these steps:

1. In Painter, choose the Image Hose in the Brush Selector.
2. Click the bottom right-hand icon in the Toolbox to reveal the Nozzle pop-up.
3. Click the arrow and choose Load Nozzle.
4. Locate the nozzle that you just downloaded and click Open.
5. Paint. Instant flowers!
6. Get the Painting for Photographers DVD and watch movies showing you all the cool things you can do with the nozzle; get more hand-painted nozzles; and see how to create your own!

For additional examples of portrait backgrounds that were painted with Image Hose nozzles, click here to visit Karen Sperling's blog.

Free Issue of Artistry Tips and Tricks

The Painting for Photographers DVD includes a free issue of Karen Sperling's highly acclaimed ezine, Artistry Tips and Tricks, with step-by-step written instructions and illustrations for turning a photo into a painting in Corel Painter.

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You may order the Painting for Photographers DVD Volume 1: Portraits in one of three ways: 1. in the Painterrific! sale, which includes both Artistry Bundles Volumes 1 and 2; 2. as part of the Artistry Bundle Volume 1 for portraits; or 3. by itself.

Karen Sperling's Corel Painter Instructions Thorough and Easy to Follow
Thanks to you Karen, my new guru for Corel painter.
I am so impressed with anyone who masters Corel Painter, but I sincerely
like your style. I have bought various other instructional materials and
have used other Corel Painter videos, but I like your approach the best.
You make it look and sound so easy - a sign of a good teacher I think.
I love how you refer to the great art masters and incorporate art theory.
Your instruction is thorough and easy to follow. Your own works are
inspiring.
Thanks again.
Delphine Nelson
http://delnelson.com/

Artistry Bundle Great Use of Limited Finances
Hi, Karen,
Why I ordered the Artistry bundle:
One, because of your bio and expertise with Photoshop and Corel Painter.
Two, because I've investigated other workshops and at $2500-$5000 a workshop,
I felt this was a better use of my limited finances.
And three, whether I was able to afford a workshop or not, I figured
I'd be able to get the training I needed to do what I wanted with my photos and
that would also help me if I did get to attend a workshop.
C.D.

Impressed with Artistry Tutorials
Hi, Karen,
I had already bought some copies of Artistry Tips and Tricks newsletters and
was impressed with the tutorials within them.
When the offer came up, the chance to get such a range of similar
materials at such a generous price was too good to pass up.
I was given quick access to the Painting for Photographers pdf download and,
having looked at it, I am well pleased with what it contains.
I look forward to working through all the material.
Michael

Karen Sperling Offers Best Instructional Tutorials
Hi, Karen,
Your Painting for Photographers book/DVD/CD combo are the best
instructional tutorials for beginners and experienced students alike.
N.S.

Karen Sperling Tutorials Right Place to Start!
Hi, Karen,
I am completely new to digital painting, and your material has such rave reviews,
I figured it was the right place to start!
Looking forward to learning.
Best,
David

Landscapes DVD Highly Recommended
"I would highly recommend Karen's Painting For Photographers DVD: Volume 2 -
Landscapes and brushes. It is a great way to get focused in on painting beautiful
landscapes in an efficient and easily understandable format. Her brushes on the DVD
and CD are great. I was painting with them right away with beautiful results.
Check out her other tutorials. She has a great collection of (buy the techniques
you want). It is like ordering off a menu. Go for it!
Christopher Stillians, M. Photog. Cr."

Take an additional 10% off the already discounted prices when you order both the Artistry Bundles 1 and 2. Click on the links to see what's included:

California residents: 8.25% state tax added.
Postage: U.S.: free; International: $13.95 global priority mail postage.

Take an addiitonal 25% off the already discounted prices when you order either the Artistry Bundle Volume 1 or the Artistry Bundle Volume 2. You can get additional savings by ordering both Artistry Bundles in the Painterrific! sale described above in item 1.

There are two Artistry Bundles to choose from to suit your interest in painting from your photos.

The Artistry Bundle Volume 1 is for painting portraits and the Artistry Bundle Volume 2 is for painting landscapes. Click on the links to see what's included:

California residents: 8.25% state tax added.
Postage: U.S.: free; International: $13.95 global priority mail postage.

California residents: 8.25% state tax added.
Postage: U.S.: Free; International: $13.95 global priority mail postage.

California residents: 8.25% state tax added.
Postage: U.S.: free; International global priority mail postage: $13.95

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Artistry instructional materials are compatible with Corel Painter X, Corel Painter 11 and Corel Painter 12.