The Amsterdam Painter Workshop

Sunday, 27 June - Tuesday, 29 June, 2010

The Art of Transforming Your Photographs into Expressive Paintings

Corel Painter 11 training with artistic insights, creative techniques and power tips from Corel Painter Master Jeremy Sutton

De Roos Centrum Voor Creatieve & Spirituele Groei, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

All levels

Expand Your Creative Freedom using Corel Painter 11 and a Wacom Tablet to Transform Your Photographs into Expressive Paintings

What You'll Learn

This seminar is a wonderful opportunity for you to stretch yourself creatively on every level in a beautiful and stimulating environment. You will explore ways to transform your photographs into paintings using Corel Painter 11 and a Wacom tablet. Learn a combination of technical and artistic skills that will open the doors to you fully expressing yourself on the digital canvas. Whether you are a professional photographer wanting to expand your product range, a fine artist wanting to stretch into the digital medium, an experienced Painter artist wanting new ideas and stimulation or you simply wish to expand and explore your creativity, you will find this seminar a stimulating and educational experience.

I teach an open-minded, outside the box, approach to transforming your imagery that will stretch your image-making muscles and allow your creativity to flow. I take a thorough, well-structured, in-depth and methodical approach to building up your knowledge and understanding of Corel Painter 11 and the Wacom tablet, balancing the sharing of information with hands-on project work where you try out the demonstrated techniques on an image of your own. The project work affords you the time to integrate new information and hone your skills. You will get individual feedback in which I share ideas and insights. Enjoy an unforgettable educational and inspiring experience that will bring you pleasure for years to come.

This Painter workshop is designed to suit both the more advanced Painter users as well as beginners. The class size will be kept small (ten students or less) so that everyone will benefit from individual attention. Places will be reserved on a first-come-first-serve basis so register early to guarantee yourself a place.

As a special added bonus the great Dutch artist Ad van Bokhoven (www.advanbokhoven.nl), whose painting Madrid 4 was reproduced on the Painter 11 CD packaging, will give a short presentation on his art and techniques during the workshop.

I lived in The Netherlands for three years prior to moving to the US, and speak conversational Dutch. For those who are visiting the The Netherlands from elsewhere, I am excited to be able to share this beautiful place, one close to my heart, with you. Amsterdam is a historic city with a long history of creativity. It is a stimulating environment that offers a wealth of fabulous photo opportunities as well as great world-class art museums, many just a few minutes walk from the workshop location, such as the historic Rijksmuseum, Stedelijk Museum, Van Gogh Museum and the new Hermitage Amsterdam.

Syllabus

DAY 1: Sunday - Painting from Life: Getting to Know Brushes

Turbo charging your tools - Wacom and Painter set up, organization and optimization. Installation of extra brushes, art materials and workspaces.

Exploring, understanding, controlling, customizing and saving brushes, the heart of Painter. Loosening up your brush strokes through painting from imagination and life.

DAY 2: Monday - Painting From Photos: An Impressionistic Approach

Workflow strategy for painting from photos. Preparing your photos for painting.

Striking the balance between the loose impressionist painterly brush work and realism, between abstraction and representation. Brush choices, painting techniques and creative strategies.

DAY 3: Tuesday - Viva Variety: Going For It with Colour!

Livening your paintings up with use of greater variety and range of colour, tone, texture, detail, contrasts and brush strokes. Techniques for understanding colour and introducing more colour into your painting. Going beyond clone colour and working with light and atmosphere. Wrap up, review and graduation.

Requirements

This is an all levels class. You will need to bring with you a computer loaded with the most recent version of Corel Painter 11 and a Wacom tablet. Please bring with you a digital camera and card reader. To get the most out of this class it is highly recommended that you join PaintboxJ so that you can take advantage of the extra brushes and the Painter 11 workspace, as well as the videos etc. When registering you can purchase a discounted one year membership. If already a PaintboxJ member you will receive a discount off your class fee. My newest book Painter 11 Creativity: Digital Artist's Handbook is a required textbook for this class. The How to Paint from Photographs Using Corel Painter X DVD is also a very good complement for this class (the Painter X and Painter 11 interfaces are very similar) and will provide you with even more brushes and art materials. See What to Bring. If you have time prior to class to visit the Van Gogh Museum and Rijksmuseum that will be helpful since the paintings will then be fresh in your mind.

Fee

The class fee is US $1,350. Lunch, travel and accomodation is at the students own cost. Any credit cards will be charged in US $. Please see Class Registration Terms and Conditions.

Location

The seminar will take place in the beautiful Parkzaal of the De Roos Center for Creativity located in the historic Vondelpark, very close to the center of Amsterdam. The De Roos center is a lovely place. It has a cafe, outdoor seating and a very relaxing atmosphere, perfect for nurturing creativity.

Class Hours

9.30 - 17.00 (9:30am - 5pm).

Accommodation

There are many hotel options in the center of Amsterdam. A couple that I would recommend are:

(1) The Borgmann Villa Hotel, a very nice three star hotel located in a beautiful quiet neighborhood next to Vondel Park, just five minutes walk from the workshop location.

(2) The Hotel Orlando, a beautiful 17th century house turned into an elegant bed-and-breakfast located in a great neighborhood on the Prinsengracht canal, very close to the new Hermitage Amsterdam. It is about twenty minutes walk from the workshop.

Travel

If you are flying into Amsterdam from the US or other countries outside Europe, checkout the direct flights offered by KLM. British Airways has excellent service between Amsterdam and London, making London a good route when coming from the US.

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The interface has not changed significantly between Painter X and Painter 11 so you can easily apply the lessons from all my earlier materials when using Corel Painter 11. Likewise my PaintboxJ Painter 11 tutorials can all be easily applied in earlier versions of Painter. I do strongly recommend upgrading to Painter 11 if you currently have an earlier version. The newest Painter is the best yet. It is significantly faster than earlier versions and includes a whole new class of wonderful brushes (the Hard Media brushes).

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"You are effervescent! Your enthusiasm is contagious. You allow learning and experimenting to happen without fear or constraints."
Harvey Henningsen, Painter Panaché 2003 Alumnus

"Thank you for a learning experience I can use for life. "
Al Buschauer, Painter Panaché 2003 Alumnus

"Absolutely fantastic and wonderful and awesome and great."
Peg Jackson, Painter Panache 2002 Alumnus

"Exceeded my expectations. There were lots of ideas about how to find your creativity, without being hokey."
Kay Simon, Painter Panache 2002 Alumnus

"Excellent teaching and presentation! Well organized and clean. It exceeded my expectations because Jeremy is so in tune and in touch with his students."
Lorraine Headrick, Painter Panache 2002 Alumnus

"Jeremy:
Thanks for letting me preview your latest and greatest Painter IX DVDs. Having taken you classes in the past I mistakenly thought that the DVDs would be a review. Much more than being a review, the DVDs are the perfect complement to your classes. I have been able to re-discover techniques and tips that you went over briefly in your class and have found new ways to apply them. I cannot imagine how much time and effort went into distilling all you teachings into these 4 DVDs. The Painter IX DVD’s should be required viewing for all your students. The more I watch them, the more I learn.

Thanks again.
John"

"I attended Jeremy Sutton's Painter Panache Intro Class 7-11 Feb 05. My objective for attending the class was to learn both technical and creativity skills which would take me a level beyond my present skills. I recently retired from the U.S. Army which gave me an opportunity to travel and photograph various people and their cultures. I consider myself an advanced amateur photographer and have had my work published in numerous calendars but was not satisfied with my creativity. I wanted to be able to take my existing images and make them works of art which I am delighted to say, Jeremy taught me to do in the class. I have attended other photography workshops in the past but I can honestly say that Jeremy is by far the best instructor. The difference is, he gives personal attention to each student during the duration of the entire course. He is a master digital artist and shares his techniques with his students. After returning from the course, I rolled up my sleeves and have worked on and completed exhibition quality images which I am going to sell in art galleries, calendars, and posters. I would also like to say besides learning the ins and outs of Painter IX, I also gained a lot of insight into myself and my abilities during the duration of the course when we made and critiqued images. If you are planning on taking the Intro Course, I recommend you first purchase Jeremy's most recent training DVD's, Painter IX Simplified and study those prior to attending the class. I worked with my set for approximately two weeks before the class and as a result, obtained so much more information because of my familiarity with the techniques. If you can't attend the class, I recommend you purchase the DVD's and use them to learn Jeremy's painterly techniques. If you are serious about becoming a digital artist, Jeremy is the master instructor!
Regards,
Lowell"