wk3 at DAA Open Studio

 Not sure what ive done but the images are larger than normal lol must have pushed some button , trust me , anyway what the heck , this is in artists oils in Corel Painter , i was really striving for the thick oils effect of Van Gogh , and of course the feeling of movement and light , im slowly getting the results im after ,not all the time but now and again lol its hard to get into someone elses mind set when painting , with this i kept thinking of the thick ridges left by the brushes on the canvasas of the old masters ………. well these last 2 weeks have been great (not with the cold and snuffles) ive love both choices Karen has made and was in my element u can see more of my work for that period here and here  my pbase site hope u go look and leave a comment i would love to hear from u …………..

 

cheers dears

wk2 at Daa Open Studio

well im a bit late posting as ive been unwell flu or something lol bugga anyway heres my wk2 piece i did two versions of this loved doing it ……Its done in the style of Mary Cassatt i just love her work so Karen couldnt have picked a better artist other than Degas lol he was also a choice ………..this one was perfect to emulate the style of Cassatt as the light just glowed , we were of course using chalks and pastels in Corel Painter and adding a paper texture of our choice to enhance the piece , hope u like it ……….

 

cheers dears

Open Studio at DAA

Wk 1 at Open Studio we had to create  a landscape  and other works of choice using chalks and textured paper in Corel Painter , its good to have to focus on one medium so u get  the feel of the chalks and try out the different  papers that are in the program, we have a board where we post our work and the teacher comments , gives advice etc if needed, then at the end of the week there is a live critique session where work is submitted and talked about by members of the group……..ok will be back with wk2 soon….

cheers dears

Discover Painter Brushes /Self Study Course

This is a self study course over 4 weeks at DAA which im currently enrolled in , i enrolled in it because like most people who buy graphics programs i just jumped in and started painting and playing and learning on the fly by doing any tutorial i could find for Corel Painter, i was reading about how to make your own brushes etc and finally realized that i knew very little about the workings of the brushes other than what i picked up along the way ……..so now back to basics lol its a great course and im in my second week and have learned heaps ………so thats what im up to at the moment lol

cheers dears

Marilyns class complete………

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

My Painter Brushes with border.

Well i said id post a painting with a border as that was what the last week of class was about, texture and borders, so here it is i had fun with this one splashing digital paint around lol

Now im signed up for more classes this time with Karen for Open Studio, she started this on her forum and has now transfered it to the Digital Art Acadamy to make things easier for her , everything in one place ,im also in her Painter Brushes course this is a self study course do it at your own speed but Karen is there to answer questions and such so u dont really miss out on anything.

Week one of Open Studio this time is all about using the chalk brushes and its great because u also get videos to show u how to approach a painting and seeing im a monkey see monkey do kinda gal

i just love the videos ……….I used the chalk brushes for the first time when i got the Jeremy Sutton video its expensive but he is very good at showing u and explaining everything, so its worth it ……….

Will be back soon with something from my current classes just to keep u updated so check out the links on the right and have a browse around here see if theres something to interest u ……

cheers dears                                                                                                                                                  

New Course at DAA

 

 

 

 

 

Chris Price has a new course at DAA read all about it here at Chris’s site looks like the first term went well, i had a few friends in it , i was tied up doing Marilyn’s classes but ive sure put this course on my wish list lol

Im all booked up for August but as i said its on my list, Chris and the computer are like best friends, he sure knows about them and about the Corel Painter program so its a must for me to do this class , hope u pop on over and check it out,  it will, im sure stretch your imagination and u will learn from all of your classmates at the same time,  its a class built on interacting and sharing with each other ……………

cheers dears

Hello found some time lol

 

Hi all well u all know how time evades us especially when we are having fun lol ive just completed my 3rd week of classes with Marilyn  Sholin at DAA and it was all about colour just my thing, cause im a colour kinda gal lol

As soon as i saw this old beauty i thought wow she must hold lots of secrets , wondered how many young lovers shes had in her back seat lol anyway i had to have a go at painting her ,so being that it was all about colour that suited me fine and i think she scrubbed up so well  ………….

This week its all about texture and borders for your work , its nice to present them this way for the internet but of course if u are wanting to print them out well best be careful with those texture brushes lol and of course u would use a real life frame and matting …………it does give u a bit of an idea how they will look when framed for real, so thats the best part………..

i will add a textured one with a border soon to finish off the course ……….

cheers dears

Wk2 at Marilyns classes

Wk2 cityscape...........

 

Just finished wk 2 this was one image i did not submit as we change themes each week there were many versions done of this its a street in Boston but it really could be anywhere in the world thats what i like about it ………this is one of about 4 i have done will post more soon …………

Have just started wk3 and its all about colour we recieved some cool brushes to play with so thats what im doing now playing lol

 

cheers Dears

Update on marilyns classes

First week portrait

Well sorry im not here sooner lol i have been flat out like a lizard drinking ,anyway better late than never ..

The above image is from the first week  of my digital painting course with Marilyn Sholin at DAA which was portrait painting, we recieved video tutorials also pdfs and brush set , love the brushes, we were also given several images to work from and the above image is one of them ………

Autopainting palette in painter was  used which is fun and we also  used the cloning tool, we downloaded a program called Alien Skin Snap Art on a 30 day trial  here, its cool but i would not buy it as my wish list is quite large lol but i do recommend that u try it for the 30 day trial as it may be something u are interested in….

this week we are doing Landscapes and Cityscapes so i will show u something soon from my weeks work..

below is another portrait where we used the distorto brushes on the hair ………..

cheers dears

 

 

 

First week portrait

another from 1st week

Learn Painter basics at LVS with Elaina

My friend Elaina is teaching now at LVSonline as ive said before thats where i started with my first painter classes and boy do they help, im a monkey see monkey do kinda person so i need a teacher when learning something new ……..you know layers were the hardest for me to get my head around, i still have trouble , i change layers and forget to go back to each layer i just get carried away and paint on lol

Elaina just taught me how to include a link in a name lol thats why u have been seeing links here cause i didnt know how to do that so thanks matey………..now i hope it works lol

yea it works lol see im still learning too ……..its like Buzz Lightyear said ” to infinity ” lol we will never learn all that these programs do , imagine having the brains to create them , the mind boggles,,,,,,,,

cheers dears

 

http://lvsonline.com/online-painter-classes/