The other day I received an email from a potential student asking if she could use Painter Essentials 4 to do the Painter Level I and II lessons at LVS. Unfortunately, I had to tell her that wasn’t possible. For those of you who have PE3 or PE 4 and were wondering the same thing, this is the information I sent to the student:

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Hello XXXXX,

No, I’m afraid you cannot follow the Intro to Painter classes using Painter Essentials. The class is written for the full version of Painter, and the majority of the lesson material simply would not apply. The lessons refer to Painter IX.5, Painter X, or Painter 11.

Here is the current description of the Intro to Painter class:

Intro to Painter Level I

Painter Essentials is an extremely “light” version of the full program. Corel sells it for the sole purpose of whetting your appetite so you will upgrade to it’s big brother. However, there are a few tutorials available online and also some u-tube videos. Here are some links for you:

PE4 – Photopainting

PE4-Training and Tutorials

Note: the above video was created by Rob MacDonald, the Corel Product manager. In the video, he explains how to use the Painter Essentials 4 guidebook and the included tutorials.

…and finally, a link to a drawing tutorial, in which the author uses PE4 to draw a rose:

http://drawsketch.about.com/od/flowerdrawing/ss/digitalrose.htm

I hope you find the above information to be helpful, and should you ever decide to buy the full program, please consider signing up for the Painter classes I teach at LVS. I think you will find them to be very useful.

Elaina
[Corel Painter Instructor]

Registration for the January 2010 session at LVS is open!

Classrooms open Jan 4, 2010

Registration closes Jan 6, 2010

First lesson posts Jan 9, 2010

Course Fees:

$30.00 New Students

$24.00 Returning Students

Painter Level I class

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Painter Level II class

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Want to see a sample of some of the things you will be doing and learning in these classes? Take a look at the Student Gallery.

Hello Painter Users and Students,

An online friend of mine has put together an image sampling of all the Painter brushes through Version IX.

Her name is Valerie Beeby, and she has graciously given her permission for me to post the links here. I’m going to post a link for the main index, plus a list of links, one for each Category. I’m doing the latter because the page is not so easy to navigate because of the particular page design.

When you get to the individual brush Category pages, you must click on each thumbnail to see the larger image and then right-click to save the image to your own hard drive.

The list presently only goes up to Painter Version IX, but Valerie is currently updating it through Painter 11, so you may want to put these links into your bookmarks and check them again at a later date.

Main Index:

http://owler.com/

Cloners, Erasers, FX, Impasto

http://owler.com/-painter-brush-box/1-painter-cloners-erasers.html

Airbrush, Pastels, Acrylic, Artists’ Oils

http://owler.com/-painter-brush-box/2-artists-oils-acrylic-pastel.html

Pencils, Pens, Gouache, Liquid ink

http://owler.com/-painter-brush-box/3-gouache-pens.html

Watercolours and Digital Watercolours

http://owler.com/-painter-brush-box/4-watercolour-brushes.html

This was a labor of love for Valerie, and a lot of work. I’m sure she would appreciate a “Thank you”. You can email her at:

Owlatowler.com

NOTE: delete the word “at” and replace it with an “at” symbol (@), then copy and paste the address into the “To” box of an email. Unfortunately, this is a necessary precaution in this day and age.

More will be added as time permits. Enjoy, and please do thank Valerie if you have a moment.

Elaina

Believe it or not, the Fall session at LVS is upon us. Classes begin this coming Saturday, August 29, 2009! For those of you who have just purchased the latest version of Corel Painter, Corel® Painter[TM] 11, you’ll be happy to know that all the lessons for the Painter classes have been revised to include this version.

If you were thinking of enrolling in class for this session, note that registrations are still being accepted, and that registration will remain open until Wednesday, August 26, 2009. Don’t wait until the last minute though…you know how that usually works…

To read the description and Register for the Painter Level I Class, go to this page:

http://www.lvsassociates.com/register/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=103&products_id=153

To read the description and Register for the Painter Level II Class, go to this page:

http://www.lvsassociates.com/register/product_info.php?products_id=205

Hope to see you there!

Registration for the Fall session at LVS is open. Both the Painter Level I class and the Painter Level II class are newly revised and amended and now include Corel® Painter[TM] 11, Corel’s newest version of your favorite program.

For those of you who have earlier versions of the program, in Level I, there are a few items which only pertain to Painter X and Painter 11, but I’ve identified each of them. Everything else in the lesson also applies to Painter IX.5. All of the material in Level  II is also applicable to both Painter IX.5, as well as Painter X.

Level II is a continuation of the subjects covered in Level I with some very interesting additions.  Registration for both classes is limited, so I suggest you don’t put it off until the last minute to avoid disappointment.

Want to get an idea of some of the things you will be doing and learning in these classes? Take a look at the Student Gallery.

Today was the official last day of class for the May session at LVS. Registration opens for the Fall session on July 27….mark your calendars! The Fall session often fills up, so don’t be left out.

I’m busy revising and amending the Painter I and Painter II classes to incorporate Painter 11, Corel’s newest member of the Painter family. Lots of things to do, not much time to do it…story of my life.

I hope to have a Painter III class ready in time for the November session, with lots of goodies for those who have been begging me to write another class. Stay tuned!

Classes are well on their way and I’m getting some really outstanding work from my Level I students. This seems to be the most eager and creative class yet. The students are doing the assignments as written and then taking them several steps further. The end result is not only some very interesting images to look at, but a group of students who are learning to use Painter by leaps and bounds.

Meanwhile, in Level II, now that the two lessons on layers have been completed, I can’t wait to see what my students will do when they begin to learn how to use some of the many Effects available in the program. There is such depth to Painter, one can use it for years and still find new things it can do.

Wouldn’t you like to learn to plumb the depths of this fabulous program? You can get a headstart by enrolling in the Painter classes at LVS online. Classes are closed for now, but registration for the Fall session will be open July 27, 2009.

Happy Mother’s Day to all who celebrate it. This is such a lovely time of year to celebrate a holiday. Spring is in full bloom in many parts of the world (although I hear it’s still snowing in Saskatchewan…my sympathies).

On Monday classrooms open for the final session at LVS until Fall. I hope you’ve registered for classes. If not, there is still time, registration officially remains open until May 13 (but there is a little extra window in there for you procrastinators ).

The first lesson will be posted on Saturday May 16. I hope to see some of you in my classroom. We always have fun. and my students seem to really enjoy the lessons. If you would like to see a small sample of some of their work, check out this page: Student Gallery

See you soon!

Hi all,

Registration for the May session at LVS is open. This is the final session until September, so if there are some classes you’ve been planning to take, now is the time to enroll.

Please be aware that there is limited enrollment for both of the Painter classes, so you may want to enroll early in order to avoid disappointment:

Painter X-Level I:

http://www.lvsassociates.com/register/product_info.php?products_id=153

Painter X-Level II:

http://www.lvsassociates.com/register/product_info.php?products_id=205

Information for new courses and other available courses is provided here:

http://lvsonline.com/blog/2009/04/new-courses-at-lvs-online-classes/

Elaina

I’ve been getting a lot of questions about cloning photos in the current class session, so I put a few suggestions together for my students and posted them to the board. I thought perhaps my faithful readers would also find them useful, so here they are:

1. Change your tracing paper transparency often. Remember that when it’s set at 90%, what you’re seeing is very close to what the final result will look like.
2. If you don’t like the way your brush is working, you can change many of the settings in the property bar until you’ve got it working just the way you like. The most important settings are going to be the size and opacity. Reset the brush to default by clicking on the Property bar button containing the brush icon.
3. Change brushes to get different effects.
4. Do not go for an exact photographic likeness. You want your clone to look like a painting. When you finish cloning, muck up the background with one of the blenders or the Distortion brushes (grainy mover works well). Then with a smaller size brush, distort some of your image so it looks more painterly.
5. Change some of your colors by using a brush from the Tinting category (Soft Glazing Round works well), choosing a color, and setting the brush opacity very low. Begin at 15 to 20%. These brushes build color upon color so don’t go over your strokes too many times.
6. Play with some of the brushes in the F-X category to jazz up your cloned images.
7. Don’t forget the Undo button. It’s your best friend.