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Artistry Painting for Photographers Retreats

Painting isn't just for artists anymore.

Whether you're a professional photographer or a hobbyist, you can learn to turn your photos into masterful works of art if you study art, learn to use Corel Painter and Adobe Photoshop, and practice.

And you can take the art lessons and learn the software steps by attending an Artistry Painting for Photographers Retreat, taught by original Painter expert and Corel Painter Master Karen Sperling.

Professional photographers: After attending an Artistry Painting for Photographers Retreat, you'll have the tools to create artwork from your photos to sell to clients, through galleries and museums and in other, less conventional, ways.

Hobbyists: Following the Artistry Painting for Photographers Retreat, you'll have the fundamentals to create nice paintings of your kids, grandkids and vacations.

No prior art experience is necessary. You will learn the art concepts and software painting techniques from Karen Sperling based on her book, Painting for Photographers.

Students say that the biggest benefits of attending the Artistry Retreats are watching Karen Sperling's painting techniques and receiving constructive feedback, guidance and techniques during the hands-on step-by-step painting lessons.

If you think you can paint your photos, you probably can.

Come to the Artistry Painting for Photographers Retreats and find out how!

The traditional Artistry Retreat takes place over 3 days.

A new, two-day Artistry Retreat Lite has been added, due to popular request.

Both the Artistry Retreat and the Artistry Retreat Lite will show you how to paint photos, including the art lessons you need to know to make decisions like which photos make good candidates to be turned into paintings and how to choose color schemes.

The three-day Artistry Retreat shows more portrait and landscape painting examples, techniques and Painter tools, while the Artistry Retreat Lite offers enough portrait and landscape painting examples, techniques and Painter tools to jump start your painting progress.

Click the green links on this page for information about the Artistry Painting for Photographers Retreats.

Painting by Karen Sperling.

Photo by Anita Morrison.

Photo by Karen Sperling.

Can't make it to an Artistry Painting for Photographers Retreat?

Read Painting for Photographers!

Cover painting and design by Karen Sperling from a photo by Felicia Tausig.

You can see examples of layouts, images and chapters from Painting for Photographers; check out an overview of the contents; and you can order Painting for Photographers.

All Artistry Painting for Photographers Retreats are PPA approved merited programs. PPA members will receive one PPA merit for attending.

Artistry is a Certified Corel Training Partner.

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