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December 2006 Artistry Tips and Tricks

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The December 2006 issue of Artistry Tips and Tricks features step-by-step tutorials written by Karen Sperling for painting a portrait of Santa Claus from a photo, spotlighting the art and techniques of artist Patrick Kluesner.

Using painting-by-hand techniques, the issue takes you step-by-step from photo to oil painting.

Of course the portrait is perfect for the holiday season.

However, you can use all the techniques for any image, not just portraits of Santa!

Photo and painting by Patrick Kluesner

Topics covered in the December 2006 issue of Artistry Tips and Tricks

*How to choose a photo to paint as a portrait
*How to choose a color scheme
*How to draw from a photo
*How to paint using layers
*How to choose brushes
*How to paint faces
*How to paint hair and beards
*How to paint clocks, furniture, rugs and walls
*How to work with layers, the Layers palette and the Layers menu
*How to use Tracing Paper
*Start-to-finish workflow steps

All the interim images are provided alongside the written step-by-step instructions within the Acrobat file.

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