If you'd like to learn to paint from photos in Corel Painter, then you've come to the right place.

Karen Sperling is the original Painter expert. She has been writing about and teaching Painter longer than anyone. She demo'd Painter when it debuted at Boston Macworld in August 1991 after having written the first Painter manual. She went on to write the manuals for the next several versions of Painter and wrote several published Painter books.

Karen traditionally published the first printed Painter magazine called Artistry magazine. She currently publishes the first Painter ezine, Artistry Tips and Tricks, containing step-by-step Painter tutorials, in addition to her Artistry tutorials on CDs and as downloadable files. Karen's Painter tutorials have appeared in many publications including SBS Design, PEI magazine, Professional Photographers magazine and Rangefinder.

Karen is a featured columnist for Professional Photographer and she is a Painter Master listed at Corel's web site.

Karen has taught and demo'd Painter for over 16 years all over the United States at just about every venue there is, including the national Professional Photographers of America (PPA) convention, local PPA affiliates and PPA schools; WPPI; American Film Institute; Macworld; Seybold; and SIGGRAPH. She has taught at many companies and schools, including Disney, American Greetings and the New School for Social Research in New York. She currently teaches Painter at her Artistry Retreats.

Karen's commissioned portraits and paintings are held in private collections around the world. Her art was in a group show in New York April 26 to June 2, 2007 at Monkdogz Urban Art, Inc., 547 West 27th Street, 5th floor, New York, NY 10001, Between 10th & 11th Aves in Chelsea and can be viewed at Saatchi gallery.