Links
The links I share here are a small selection of the many wonderful web sites that offer interesting, inspirational and instructive material related to art and using Corel Painter. Their inclusion does not indicate any endorsement of the sites, and the order they are listed in is not an indication of importance. They all offer valuable information.
PaintboxJ.com
This is my new subscription-based online educational resource that features lively video tutorials (including ones on the newly released Corel Painter 11), case studies, articles and downloadable goodies. The content will be added to every month, providing a regular "top up" of new ideas, techniques and inspiration.
The Main Corel Painter Page
A good place to find Painter information, resources, links and updates.
Check here for the latest tablets and for updated drivers.
The Digital Painting Forum
Great forum run by Painter artist and teacher, Marilyn Sholin. Well worth joining. She has different sections for different levels of experience and areas of interest.
Great discussion forum for Painter users.
The Official Corel Painter Magazine
This is a fabulous magazine that I highly recommend to any Painter user. They have a discussion group associated with their web site.
The Painter List
Discussion forum for exchanging tips, tricks and techniques for using the natural-media graphics application Painter.
The PainterWorld List
Discussions of techniques both Painter related and art in general.
The Painter Novitiate Group
Excellent Painter discussion forum.
The Digital Fine Art Group
Although not specifically related to Painter, so many of the issues discussed on this group are relevant to anyone using Painter.
The Digital Art Academy
A learning resource for anyone interested in online digital art training. Run by Painter artist and teacher Karen Bonaker and featuring a faculty of many different instructors who each offer a unique perspective.
Packed full of Painter tips, tutorials and links. Jinny has been an active contributor to the Painter List for many years and has an in depth knowledge of the program.
David Gell's Resources for Corel Painter
A collection of valuable downloadable resources, including different custom brushes and color sets.
An online learning resource that includes Painter classes.
Great general art techniques resource.
Digital art tutorials.
Artcyclopedia.com
General resource on art history.
Enjoy Peggy's beautiful large abstracts inspired by music, plus her Painter collages, also musically inspired...
Seeing Richard's beautiful large format canvas print of his piano painting back exhibited at the Ansel Adams Center during the San Francisco Macworld 1992, inspired me to strive for the same scale and impact of work.
Cher Threinen-Pendarvis
Author of the excellent Painter Wow! books. I've known Cher for many years and she's always been a great and enthusiastic promoter of painting with Painter!
Denise Laurent
Denise is the creator of the Den's Oil Funky Chunky brush, one of the most popular from JeremyFaves. Thank you, Denise!
Lively Painter artwork, classes and DVDs.
Nice water color and oil techniques - classes and DVDs.
Karen's Artistry site is worth a look - lots of Painter tutorials.
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.
