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Karen Sperling's Painting for Photographers Video Tutorials: Volume 2, Landscapes show how to turn landscape photos into paintings in Corel Painter.

On this page is an overview of the landscapes video tutorials. To order, click here.

The landscapes video tutorials are based on Painter Master and original Painter expert Karen Sperling's 20 years of experience teaching photographers how to paint their photos with the world's leading painting software program.

The video tutorials provide art lessons in addition to the software steps. Viewers learn such important art theories as how to tell if a photo is a good candidate to be turned into a painting; how to choose colors; and how to maximize the use of tones to create masterpiece landscape paintings from photos.

The landscape video tutorials include step-by-step tutorials and instructions for painting landscapes in Painter X, 11 and 12, including information about Corel Painter 12's new features.

The Painting for Photographers Video Tutorials Volume 2: Landscapes show tips, techniques and skills that will help take your painting to the next level, whether you're a professional photographer or a hobbyist.

The landscape video tutorials include 108.32 minutes of step-by-step instructional demo's featuring:
• Art Lessons
• Oil-style painting techniques
• Watercolor-style painting techniques
• Step-by-step instruction for painting landscapes
• Step-by-step instruction for painting seascapes
• Step-by-step instruction for painting cityscapes

Also offered with the landscapes video tutorials are bonus brushes that simplify the painting process and provide exquisitely rendered oil and watercolor style brushstrokes master crafted by Karen Sperling, based on her 20 years of experience working with Corel Painter.

The Painting for Photographers DVD: Volume 2, Landscapes' tutorial videos cover:

Art Lessons Analyzing the Art, Style and Techniques of famous artists

Artists studied include Paul Cezanne, Claude Monet, John Constable, George Inness, Vincent Van Gogh, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, J. M. W. Turner, John Robert Cozens, Edward Hopper, John Sell Cotman, Thomas Girtin, Frederic E. Church, Granville Redmond, Thomas Gainsborough and Jack Wilkinson Smith.

Painting by Claude Monet.

How to paint landscapes in an oil style

How to paint landscapes in a watercolor style

How to paint seascapes

How to paint cityscapes

Paintings and photos by Karen Sperling.

Landscapes Lessons in Action

This is an example of a portrait background painted using the techniques described in the Landscapes video tutorials. The figure was painted with the techniques described in the Portraits video tutorials:

Painting by Karen Sperling based on a photo by Kat Meezan.

Examples of Topics Covered in Karen Sperling's Painting for Photographers Video Tutorials Volume 2: Landscapes:

• 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 paint mountains, skies, trees, grass, water, buildings, boats, clouds and flowers
• How to use Karen Sperling's special tips and techniques
• How to know what to paint
• Start-to-finish workflow steps

A Corel Painter Master, Karen Sperling brings to the Painting for Photographers Video Tutorials Volume 2: Landscapes 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 bestselling Painting for Photographers Volumes 1 and 2; producing her two other highly regarded video tutorials for painting adults and children; writing Artistry tutorials and her popular ezine, Artistry Tips and Tricks; teaching Painter at local PPA affiliates, schools and the national PPA and WPPI conventions; and teaching at her own renowned Artistry Retreats.

The bonus materials also include three sets of Karen Sperling's custom brushes.

Click here to test drive two of the brushes that are included with the Painting for Photographers Video Tutorials: Landscapes.

To install the brushes in Painter:
Shut down Painter, open the zip file and put the .jpg file and folders in the following location, depending on your operating system.
When you move the file and folder inside the Painter Brushes folder, the brush will become a part of the current library in the Brush Selector.

Mac
Users -> [User Name] -> Library -> Application Support -> Corel -> Painter -> [Workspace Name or Default] -> Brushes ->Painter Brushes

Windows
Documents and Settings -> [User Name] -> Application Data -> Corel -> Painter -> [Workspace Name or Default -> Brushes ->Painter Brushes

Windows Vista
Users -> [User Name] -> AppData -> Roaming -> Corel -> Painter -> [Workspace Name] -> Brushes ->Painter Brushes

Then, when you launch Painter, you should see a Brush Category called KarenSperlingSample and inside there are two variants, Formation01 and TexturizedBlender06.

Use Formation01 to paint the grass tips that you see in the landscape image above. Use TexturizedBlender06 to blend the bottoms of the grass brushstrokes.

Notice that when you paint, the brushes deposit multiple strokes, which speeds up painting. You'll receive more "quick fix" brushes with the Painting for Photographers Video Tutorials Volume 2: Landscapes, and with the other Painting for Photographers Video Tutorials Volume 1: Portraits, Painting for Photographers Video Tutorials Volume 1: Children's Portraits, and the Artistry Bonus CD's, including Artistry Bonus CD Volume 1 (Portraits) and the Artistry Bonus CD Volume 2 (Landscapes) and Artistry Bonus CD Volume 3: Textures.

You'll be amazed at how quickly you can get these great results that you see in the images on this page. The key is not just having these quick, multiple-stroke brushes, but also the art lessons provided in the Painting for Photographers Video Tutorials Volume 2: Landscapes.

Case Studies

Click here to read a Q and A with Marilyn Peck about her experiences selling landscape paintings from photos using Corel Painter and Artistry instructions.

Click here to read a Q and A with Ray Turley about her experiences selling landscape paintings from photos using Corel Painter and Artistry instructions.

Click here to read about Candy Groat's experiences learning to paint landscapes in Corel Painter and with Artistry instructions.

The Obsesssed with Landscapes Club

Why do we love to paint landscapes? Click here to read Karen Sperling's look at possible answers.

Landscapes from the heart

Click here to read the stories behind the photos that Karen Sperling paints on the Painting for Photographers DVD Volume 2: Landscapes.

Three Secrets for Painting Landscapes in Corel Painter

Click here to read three secrets from the Painting for Photographers Video Tutorials Volume 2: Landscapes.

Reviews

Relies on Karen Sperling for Corel Painter Guidance
I have purchased Artistry products designed by Karen Sperling for a number of years now, including intermittent issues of Artistry Tips and Tricks and, most recently, Painting for Photographers Vol. 2, Landscapes.
My work is mostly landscapes, typically starting with an image from a film or digital camera that I have taken while traveling, then edited and color corrected with Photoshop, and finally transformed into a painterly rendition via Painter.
From my first "automatic" painting to today's more crafted works, I have relied on Karen's writings to guide me through the creation of skies, oceans and mountains that communicate the vision that I hold in my mind when I first begin working on an image.
What I have found most interesting is that, with each new writing that Karen creates, the advances she proposes are those that I am now most ready for. It is exciting to be in a field of activity that is unfolding as we go, and Karen is one of the leaders in that unfolding process.
Lewis Jackson, Greeley, CO

Karen Sperling's How's and Why's of Digital Painting Are the Best
"If you wanted to learn basketball, Michael Jordan would have been a great person to have on your team. If you wanted to learn to be an astronaut, Neil Armstrong could have helped launch your career. So, if you really want to learn Corel Painter, there's no one better than Karen Sperling to give you the how's and why's of digital painting."
Doug Bardwell, Cleveland Travel Photography Examiner

Click here to read the full review.

Painting for Photographers: Quality DVD Training
"If you are looking for a quality DVD training experience using Corel Painter to create works of art from photographs, then I highly recommend Painting For Photographers DVD: Volume 2 - Landscapes."
T. Michael Testi, Blogcritics

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Karen Sperling's DVD's 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 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.

Painting for Photographers DVD's Great Quality
Karen
You did it again. I have the Painting for Photographers book, the Painting for Photographers DVD Volume 1: Portraits and the Artistry Bonus CD Volume 1. The new DVD/CD for Landscapes are the same great quality. I receved them yesterday and have been busy learning since. The brushes are great and worth the price alone. I took a cruise to Alaska in July and look forward to working on photos from the trip.
Larry Fowler

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