Digital Painting Fundamentals with Corel Painter X

by Rhoda Grossman

Overview

Digital Painting Fundamentals with Corel Painter X is an introduction to drawing and painting using a Wacom graphics tablet and the industry standard software for pixel-based art. Each chapter is full of exercises designed to teach basic skills, such as eye-hand coordination. Easy-to-follow projects lead you from a simple, still life sketch to drawing the human figure. Each lesson is designed for novices as well as artists who want to transfer their traditional skills to the computer. You'll learn techniques for imitating natural media such as charcoal, watercolor, and oils. A wide variety of styles and subject matter is covered, ranging from classic landscape to experimental abstract painting as well as mixed media portraits and caricature.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781598636185
Publisher:	Course Technology PTR
Publication date:	01/07/2007
Sold by:	CENGAGE LEARNING
Format:	eBook
File size:	11 MB
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About the Author

Traditional fine artist, caricaturist and cartoonist since 1970. Began working digitally in 1991. Using Photoshop and Painter, creates illustrations for books, magazines, corporate publications and the web. Classroom teacher of traditional drawing and digital painting since 1997. Author or co-author of several books on Painter and Photoshop. Author of three multimedia tutorial courses on Painter for Virtual Training Corporation (VTC). Award-winning pioneer in creating caricatures digitally at events, dba "Rhoda Draws A Crowd."

Table of Contents

Introduction PART 1: The Basics Lesson 1 - Welcome to Painter Lesson 2 - Basic Drawing Lesson 3 - Working with Layers Lesson 4 - The Great Outdoors Lesson 5 - Painting People PART 2: Beyond the Basics Lesson 6 - Graphic Techniques Lesson 7 - Mixed-Up Media Lesson 8 - Fine Art Challenges Lesson 9 - Pixel-Based Animation Lesson 10 - Illustration Projects Appendix - Fundamentals and Beyond