Painter Creativity Seminar

Syllabus

DAY 1   Setting Up & Diving In

Optimize Your Tools, See the Big Picture and Get Your Fingers Wet!

The "Creativity Attitude"

Optimizing & Organizing

• How to set up your Wacom graphics tablet and Corel Painter IX software for optimum workflow efficiency (and thus free yourself up for maximum creativity).
• Enhancing your Painter experience by loading extra brushes and art materials.
• Learning an organization system that frees you up to be creative

Paint ’n’ Play—Experience the Possibilities

• Experience Painter's phenomenal range of brushes and art materials.
• Explore the range of marks you can make - Viva Variety!

DAY 2  From Photos to Paintings

The Dance of Opposites: Destruction-Creation & Abstraction-Representation

Context & Story

Basic Principles

The Two Zone Dance: Stepping back and Stepping In

Photo Prep—Composition, Borders, Levels and Saturation

• Increasing tone and color depth, richness and warmth beyond what is present in your original photograph.

Photo as Catalyst—Finding Your Story

Painting as a Journey—Continuous Resolution

Big to Small—General to Specific

"Muck Up" Underpainting Technique —Break Down & Build Up

Sculpting Form—Be Bold with Tone

Photo versus Paint—Soft Clone Layers

Creating Focus—Be Selective with Detail and Contrast

Adding artistic styling, panache and flair to your images

DAY 3 Going for it with Color!

Expand Your World of Colors

Color Sets—Applying, Opening, Making and Saving

Color Masters—From Monet to Matisse, From Derain to Dufy

Color Your Blacks & Whites—Color, Color, Color

Go Beyond Clone Color

Wild Color—Experiment Boldly

DAY 4 Tactile Texture

Enrich Your Symphony Through the Power of Papers and Layers

Understanding and Applying Paper Texture in Painter

Papers, Textures, Grain — Language and Meaning

Applying and capturing your own custom textures.

Understanding the Paper Mover—Saving, Editing and Organizing Your Art Materials

Applying Texture through Use of Layers and Composite Methods

Adding Final Accents

Preparing for Printing: Border Work

This syllabus is subject to change and is intended just as a general guide to what will be covered.

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About Jeremy Sutton

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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"