Tutorial DVDs
Acknowledgements
EXPANDING YOUR CREATIVITY WITH JEREMY SUTTON
The Art of Collage Portraiture
Updates & Frequently Asked Questions
This project would not have been possible without the support, help and generosity of the following people. When listed names are by listed alphabetically by first name. A big "Thank You" to them all!
Robert C. Pritikin, the one of a kind San Francisco iconoclast who so generously agreed to be the case study for this DVD, and permitted me to share his family photos and personal memorablia with you all.
Andrew Galli and Eric Bailey of Studio Galli for their patience, hard work and creativity in producing this DVD tutorial (Andrew composed "Jeremy's Theme" specially for it).
Beth Davila Waldman, my Studio Manager, who helped in many aspects of the coordination of this project.
The artists who generously gave me permission to share their wonderful custom brushes (see Extra Brushes) with you: Behka Sitterly, Darrell Chitty, David Gell, Denise Laurent, Greg Gyulai, Jolyn Montgomery, Paulo Roberto Purim, Peggy Gyulai, Rob Resing, Scott Dupras, Sherron Sheppard and Shirley Darch. You will also find custom color sets from Rheba Mitchell, Sherron Sheppard and Susan Levan.
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers and Steve Lucky and the Rhumba Bums, whom I have known and to whose wonderful music I have enjoyed dancing to for many years, who have generously permitted me to use their music in this DVD set:
- "The Busy Woman's Blues" performed by Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers. Written by David Berger, Chris Siebert, Lavay Smith & Bill Stewart. © 2000 Fat Note Records (CD: "Everybody's Talkin' 'Bout Miss Thing!"). All rights reserved. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws. Featured on Disc Four: Jeremy Sutton Artist Portrayal.
- "Roll The Boogie" performed by Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers. Written by Chris Siebert & Lavay Smith. © 2000 Fat Note Records (CD: "Everybody's Talkin' 'Bout Miss Thing!"). All rights reserved. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws. Featured on Disc Four: Roll That Boogie Trailer and at end of Jeremy Sutton Artist Portrayal (at time code 00:23:30).
- "Jumptown" performed by Steve Lucky and the Rhumba Bums. Written by Steve Lucky. © 1998 Rumpus Records (CD: "Come Out Swingin'!"). All rights reserved. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws. Featured on Disc Three: Fixing the Paint & Applying Gel Media (at time code 00:07:47).
Everyone at Wacom, the company whose excellent graphics tablets have helped transform the computer into a true art tool, and who have always been so supportive. In particular Doug Little, Jim McCartney, Kelly Ann Schroeder, Mark Mehall, Michael Marcum, Peter Dietrich, Steve Smith, Weston Maggio and Will Reeb (listed alphabetically by first name).
The entire team associated with Painter at Corel, the publishers of Corel Painter, the amazing natural media paint program that changed my life and that of thousands of artists all over the world. In particular I wish to thank Chantal Stark, Cher Dube, Heather Anderson, Jessica Gould, Rick Champagne, Sean Young, Steve Szoczei, Tanya Lux and Wes Pack (listed alphabetically by first name).
Thank you also to anyone I have inadvertently omitted (and send me a note so I can add you to the list:-)
What to Buy?
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 covenient 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 - Creative Techniques with Jeremy Sutton
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 along the way 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 these two DVD sets I share cross-media techniques that show how I work with different programs and apply traditional media onto my prints.
If you are keen to dive in deeply and work through all my materials then I recommend my Ultimate Collection 2007 which includes all the items mentioned above at a discounted price (roughly equivalent to having the Learning Corel Painter X DVD thrown in for free).