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Best of Artistry Tips and Tricks Portraits books, Volumes I and II

Artistry Tips and Tricks is a monthly e-zine in Acrobat format founded in 2004 by the original Painter expert and Corel Painter Master, Karen Sperling.

Each issue has written step-by-step instructions and interim images for turning photos into paintings in Corel Painter.

Issues of Artistry Tips and Tricks also have art lessons, covering topics like what makes a photo a good candidate to be turned into a painting and how to choose colors.

And now you can get the best of the Artistry Tips and Tricks tutorials in printed books!

Below are the tutorials covered in the Best of Artistry Tips and Tricks Portraits books, Volumes I and II.

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Best of Artistry Tips and Tricks Portraits books, Volume I

The following tutorials are included in the Best of Artistry Tips and Tricks Portraits books, Volume I.

Oct 2004 Working with backgrounds	Bonus Portrait from Beginners Tutorials	Nov 2004 Adding painterly effects	Jan 2005 Painting like Asencio	Feb 2005 Painterly wedding portraits
March 2005 Painting watercolor portraits	March 2005 Adding brush strokes	April 2005 Painting wedding portraits	April 2005 Painting like Warhol	May 2005 Pastel wedding portraits
August 2005 Painting like Rembrandt	Sept 2005 Painting sepia portraits	Sept 2005 Painting like Rousseau	Nov 2005 Painting like Monet	Dec 2005 Painting artistic paintings
Jan 2006 Painting photorealistic portraits	March 2006 Drawing charcoal portraits	April 2006 Painting like Pino Daeni	May 2006 Painting like the Impressionists	August 2006 Choosing color schemes

Best of Artistry Tips and Tricks Portraits books, Volume II

The following tutorials are included in the Best of Artistry Tips and Tricks Portraits books, Volume II.

September 2006 Painting like John Singer Sargent	December 2006 Painting like Sundblom	January 2007 Oil painting portraits	February 2007 Drawing like Jim Dine	March 2007 Painting like Norman Rockwell
April 2007 Painter portrait techniques	May 2007 Painting watercolor portraits	June 2007 Using Painter's cloners	June 2007 Painter pastel portraits	August 2007 Painting wedding portraits
November 2007 Painting photorealistic portraits	December 2007 Painting collaged portraits	February 2008 Painting like Renoir	May 2008 Painting with colors	September 2008 Painting magic gardens
March 2009 Painting with style	April 2009 Painting portrait backgrounds	July 2009 Painting magic paintings	August 2009 Painting Painter portraits	Sept. 2009 Painting baby portraits

Order Karen Sperling's Best of Artistry Tips and Tricks Portraits books Volumes I and II

Karen Sperling's Best of Artistry Tips and Tricks Portraits books Volumes I and II are available exclusively here at the Artistry web site in two formats: Hardcover and softcover.

The hardcover version is a deluxe, special edition order, delivered 3-4 weeks after you place your order.

Meanwhile, you can get a softcover print-on-demand version within 1-2 weeks of your order.

Descriptions and ordering information for each version are listed below.

Best of Artistry Tips and Tricks Portraits books, Deluxe Hardcover Edition

Published by Artistry Books

Volume I

ISBN-10 0981816363

ISBN-13 978-0981816364

Volume II

ISBN-10 0981816371

ISBN-13 978-0981816371

8 1/2" x 11" 128 pages

Cover price: $149.95 for each book

California, add 8.25% tax

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Delivery: 3-4 weeks after you place your order.

The Best of Artistry Tips and Tricks Portraits books Volumes I and II, Deluxe Hardcover Editions are collectible hardbound books.

In addition to all of the great art lessons and step-by-step software instructions that receive rave reviews, the Best of Artistry Tips and Tricks Portraits books Volumes I and II, Deluxe Hardcover Editions have many bonus features.

These include:

Each copy of the hardbound book is autographed by author Karen Sperling.

Accompanying every hardcover book is a CD containing:

• All the source photographs for you to use to follow along with the step-by-step instructions;

• Exclusive bonus tutorials for painting portraits in Corel Painter unavailable anywhere else except on the CD accompanying the hardbound book;

• Exclusive bonus brushes created by Karen Sperling for painting portraits in Corel Painter. These brushes are unavailable anywhere else except on the CD accompanying the hardbound book.

In addition, 10% of every hardcover book purchase goes to your choice of one of the following charities, all of which have received 4-star ratings from the Charity Navigator web site.

To find out more about each charity, click the thumbnails below or click the above link and do a search at Charity Navigator--they have quick overviews of each charity.

If you have another charity that you'd like your donation to go to, just write to Karen Sperling and let her know when you order (the popup menu on the order form only goes up to 10 charities).

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The Best of Artistry Tips and Tricks Portraits books Volumes I and II, Softcover Versions

Volume I

ISBN-10 0981816347

ISBN-13 978-0981816340

Volume II

ISBN-10 0981816355

ISBN-13 978-0981816357

8 3/4" x 11 1/4" 128 pages

The Best of Artistry Tips and Tricks Portraits books Volumes I and II are available through print-on-demand and will arrive 1-2 weeks after you order them.

After you receive the softcover version, all the source photographs for you to use to follow along with the step-by-step instructions will be available for download from this web site.

Order The Best of Artistry Tips and Tricks Portraits books Volumes I and II,
Softcover Version, print-on-demand

Cover price: $89.95

California residents: 8.25% state tax added.
Postage: U.S.: $4.95 priority mail postage; International: $12.95 global priority mail postage.

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Best of Artistry Tips and Tricks Portraits books Volume I $89.95 Best of Artistry Tips and Tricks Portraits books Volume 2 $89.95 Best of Artistry Tips and Tricks Portraits books Volumes I + 2 $179.90

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