Painting for Photographers with Karen Sperling

Saturdays November 21st 2009, 10:00am-4:00pm
Location: SmashBox Studios
Workshop Fee: $195

If you’re like most people, you’ve wished that you could create art from your photos. Well, now you can!

Attend a one-day Painting for Photographers class with Karen Sperling and get an introduction to the art concepts and Painter and Photoshop steps for turning your photos into works of art!

The Painting for Photographers class will show you the basic art lessons and steps for using the Painter and Photoshop tools to paint from photos.

You'll learn such topics as:

• Choosing photos that are good candidates to be turned into paintings
• Deciding on color schemes
• How to paint portraits and landscapes using Painter and Photoshop.

Bring your laptop with Painter and Photoshop loaded and you can try the techniques yourself!  (Corel and Adobe both offer free trials that you can use in class if you don't own the software. The techniques apply to Photoshop versions CS3 and above and Painter X and above.) 

This class is for everyone from professional photographers who would like to sell paintings to their clients to hobbyists who are interested in painting photos of their kids and grandkids to graphic designers, illustrators, animators, web art creators and fine artists who would like to use photos as the basis for their artwork.

The techniques are based on Karen Sperling's new book, Painting for Photographers, available through the Artistry web site at http://www.artistrymag.com. If you think you can paint your photos, you probably can. Attend this introductory class and see how it's done!

Bio:
Karen Sperling has taught Painter since it debuted in 1991 to everyone from professional photographers and artists to the staff at Disney Feature Animation. She has led seminars and demo's of Painter at the annual WPPI convention and the Professional Photographers of America--including the national convention, affiliate schools and local affiliates. She has also demonstrated Painter at American Film Institute, Macworld, Seybold and Siggraph. She has taught Painter at many publishing and design firms and schools. She also teaches Painter at her Artistry Retreats, which are PPA merit programs.

Karen Sperling has been teaching and writing about Corel Painter longer than anyone.  She wrote the first Painter manual and went on to write the manuals for the next several versions. She has written three published Painter books and recently completed her fourth entitled Painting for Photographers, which, if you count the manuals, is actually her eighth Painter book.
Her articles about Painter have appeared in many professional photographers magazines. Karen Sperling's commissioned portraits and art are held in private collections around the world, and her paintings were shown in two recent New York gallery shows and during Art Basel Miami, the country's largest art event.

Karen Sperling: The Original Painter Expert

New Painter and Photoshop book: http://www.artistrymag.com/docs/sperlingbook.html
Painter and Photoshop tutorials: http://www.artistrymag.com/docs/tipsall.html
Painter and Photoshop webinars: http://www.artistrymag.com/docs/webinars.html
Fine art web site: http://www.karensperling.com/