Photographers: wouldn't it be nice to turn photos into paintings in Corel Painter?

Well, now you can!

Attend an Artistry Retreat and find out how!

Taught by author, artist, photographer and original Painter expert, Karen Sperling (she wrote the first Painter manual), The Artistry Retreats give you not just the Painter steps. You also learn the art concepts for turning photos into paintings in Painter. Art concepts include things like how to know if a photo is even a good candidate to be turned into a painting in Painter and how to choose colors.

Think you don't need to know both the Painter steps and art concepts?

Photographers return to their studios and begin selling portraits as soon as they return home from the Artistry Retreats!

So yes, you will find that learning both the Painter steps and the art concepts will help you paint in Painter!

The Artistry Retreats cover both portraits and landscapes, and many styles are shown, including watercolors, oils and pastels.

Visit this page for more information: http://www.artistrymag.com/docs/classes.html

Meanwhile, photographers who can't leave their studios can benefit from the Artistry Retreat information by reading Artistry Tips and Tricks e-zine.

The August 2006 issue of Artistry Tips and Tricks features step-by-step tutorials for choosing colors when turning a photo into a painting in Corel Painter IX.5.

The information in this issue is part of the art concepts discussion in Karen Sperling's Artistry Retreats.

Photographers don't always realize that they need to know the art concepts in addition to the Painter steps when turning a photo into a painting in Painter, that is, until they find out what the art concepts are, and they find themselves painting in the Artistry Retreats!

Topics covered in this issue include:

• How to know when to use the colors in the photo

• How to know when to choose your own colors
• How to add colors if the photo is black and white
• How to use a color wheel
• How to choose a color scheme
• Examples of color schemes to use right away
• How to paint a portrait
• How to use Painter's shortcuts
• How to use Painter's brushes
• Start-to-finish workflow steps
• How to work with clones and Tracing Paper

Visit this page for information about Artistry Tips and Tricks: http://www.artistrymag.com/docs/tipsall.html

Contact Karen Sperling at ksperling@aol.com or 818-981-2803 for more information about the Artistry Retreat or Artistry Tips and Tricks.