The Art of Creating Expressive Paintings Using Corel Painter X

Pembroke College, Oxford, UK

Monday - Thursday, August 9 - 12, 2010

All levels

Expand Your Creative Freedom using Corel Painter X to Transform Your Photographs into Expressive Paintings

Oxford Painter Workshop 2008 - painting away...

What You'll Learn

This seminar is a wonderful opportunity for you to stretch yourself creatively on every level. You will explore ways to transform your photographs into paintings using Corel Painter X. You will 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 or a fine artist wanting to develop in a new medium or you are simply interested in learning Painter X and loosening up your brush strokes, you will find this seminar a stimulating and educational experience.

Oxford Painter Workshop 2008 - tadaa!

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 methodical approach to building up your knowledge and understanding of Corel Painter X, 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 an all-levels workshop. I will adapt projects to suit both the more advanced Painter users as well as beginners. The class size will be kept small (ten 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.

Oxford Painter Workshop 2008 - tea break in the Chapel Quad

The Oxford Workshop 2008 - visiting artist Sarah Moate demonstrates Zen calligraphy.

Requirements

This is an all levels class. You will need to bring with you a computer loaded with Corel Painter X and a Wacom tablet. You will also need to have some photos to work on. See What to Bring. Painter X Creativity: Digital Artist's Handbook and the DVD How to Paint from Photographs Using Corel Painter X: Creative Techniques with Jeremy Sutton are included in the class fee.

Fee

The class fee is US $2,100. Includes Painter X Creativity: Digital Artist's Handbook and the DVD How to Paint from Photographs Using Corel Painter X: Creative Techniques with Jeremy Sutton. Refreshments will be served. Lunch, travel and accomodation is at the students own cost. Any credit cards will be charged in US $.

Location

The seminar will take place in Pembroke College, Oxford, my alma mater, a beautiful 500 year old college right in the center of Oxford (opposite Christ Church, off St. Aldgates). The painting above is my rendition of the Chapel Quad in the summer sunshine, much how you will enjoy the Quad during class breaks. I am excited to share with you a very special place. Walking into Pembroke College is like walking into another world....

If you're driving allow plenty of time. Sometimes the college has parking spaces available, though this is not gauranteed. The alternative is to park in the Park and Ride or one of the nearby Car Parks. See the Pembroke College web site for directions.

Class Hours

Monday - Thursday, 9 - 12 August, 2010, 9:30am - 5:00pm

Accommodation

The college offers rooms within the college for £75.00 for a single ensuite room and £95.00 for a twin room. These room charges need to be paid in advance as part of your registration (the college charges me directly for all student rooms). Please note the college rooms are basic, not luxurious. They offer the benefit of atmosphere and convenience.

For luxury and comfort I recommend The Old Bank Hotel. This is an excellent hotel, situated just five minutes walk from Pembroke College on the High Street above the first class restaurant Quod. The hotel has August special room rates in the range £145 - £175 (which includes breakfast and parking). I have a few rooms reserved for my students - ask for the Jeremy Sutton Group rooms. To reserve contact the hotel directly at +44 (0)1865 79 95 99.

Which Resources and Materials?

Whatever level of Painter user you are, you will definitely benefit from joining my new online education center www.PaintboxJ.com. In PaintboxJ you will find new video tutorials on Corel Painter 11 added monthly, and much more. The fastest way I can help you with Painter is for you join one of my in-person workshops. In terms of my instructional books and DVDs, I recommend starting off with my book, Painter X Creativity: Digital Artist's Handbook, and introductory DVD, Learning Corel Painter X with Jeremy Sutton. The book is a great complement to all my other materials and also serves as the required text book for all my classes. The book goes deeper and broader than any DVD. It also provides convenient step lists for many of the techniques shared on the DVDs. The Learning Corel Painter X DVD gives you a good overview of the software.

Once you are familiar with the basics then I recommend the more advanced DVD sets, How to Paint from Photographs Using Corel Painter X

and Expanding Your Creativity with Jeremy Sutton - The Art of Collage Portraiture. Both these more advanced DVD sets take you through real-life case studies from beginning to end, sharing my work-flow, organizational systems, creative process, decision-making strategies, techniques and tools, plus including extensive extra brushes, art materials, tutorial images and more. In both DVDs I show how I apply physical paint onto my prints.

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).

For information on other Painter resources out there, please explore the Links page.

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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"