Books & DVD's
Painter Creativity for Wedding & Portrait Photographers
4 DVD Tutorial
Series
By Jeremy Sutton
Painter
Creativity for Wedding & Portrait Photographers 4-DVD Tutorial Series,
includes Resource Companion CD, (PhotoVision). Over 6 hours of clear instruction
based on Painter 7. Includes companion CD with tutorial images. All techniques
can be applied in Painter 8. See my Painter
7 to 8 Conversion article if you are using the DVDs with Painter 8.
If you need the Tinting brushes referred to in the DVDs please download
the brushes from my Downloads page.
No prior experience with Painter is needed. This tutorial explains everything from the ground up and makes no assumptions about prior knowledge of Painter. Learn easy, simple techniques to transform your photographs into beautiful Water Colors and Oils - perfect for your top of the line product wall portraits of individuals, families and weddings. Also learn quick ways to create wild, fun and dramatic pop art effects - ideal for high school seniors and children.
The contents are:
- DVD 1 Introduction to Painter Setting Up Painter
- DVD 2 Watercolor Impressionism, Traditional Watercolor, Expressive Watercolor
- DVD 3 Oil Masterpiece, Luscious Expressionism
- DVD 4 Pop Art Dynamism, Creative Experiments
All techniques can be applied in Painter 8.
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).