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D I G I TA L FREE T H E C O M PL E T E G U I DE T O… CD PA I N T I N G TUTOR IALS FOR CR EATING DIGITAL M ASTER PIECES VOLUME ONE 256 Pages of guides for Windows and Mac Learn to paint digitally today! FROM THE MAKERS OF… Official Magazine Welcome This is the ultimate art package for people wanting to start digital art, or those looking to extend their skills It doesn’t matter whether or not you have natural artistic ability – with Corel Painter on your side you can create luscious pieces of digital art. This title will show you exactly what can be achieved with the program. We have dedicated tutorials on turning photos into art, where the Imagine Publishing Ltd brushes take colour and shape information from the source photo. If Richmond House you’re more con�ident, use the tutorials that begin with a line drawing 33 Richmond Hill Bournemouth Dorset BH2 6EZ and see how to apply layers of digital paint to build up a masterpiece. ☎ +44 (0) 1202 586200 Website: www.imagine-publishing.co.uk We also delve into the arena of traditional art. The Paint Like tutorials Editor in Chief show how to re-create an artist’s style in Corel Painter, from Van Gogh’s Jo Cole Sun�lowers to the iconic work of Edward Hopper. Our Art Skills section Designed by Lora Sykes brings together some fundamental techniques for creating better Production Rosie Tanner artwork, looking at topics such as composition, perspective and using Proofed by light and shade. You’ll �ind tutorial source �iles on the disc along with a Helen Laidlaw, Daniel Peel and Amy Squibb 90-day trial of Corel Painter X, so load them up, pick a tutorial and have Group Art Editor Ross Andrews a go! Editorial Director Dan Slingsby Happy painting! 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Screenshots are ©Copyright 2008 Corel Corporation, reprinted by permission The Complete Guide to Digital Painting © 2008 Imagine Publishing Ltd ISBN 978-1-906078-08-9 72 Get to grips with the Corel Painter brushes An in-depth guide to the program’s most useful brushes 80 Chiaroscuro charcoal portrait Produce a classic charcoal portrait drawing in Corel Painter 86 Paint perfect skin Give character portraits a fl awless complexion 92 Paint a Victorian portrait Create this traditional style from scratch 32 06 Get to know Painter 98 Design a concept car An in-depth guide to the features of Painter X Lessons in how to create the ultimate dream machine completely in Painter 16 Get creative using Clone Color Achieve amazing artistic effects with cloning 10 4Interview: Chet Phillips The master of character art reveals his secrets 26 Quick Clone Create a painting with this command 11 0Perfect portrait underpainting 104 Discover how to build up beautiful fl esh tones 32 Clone and Glaze Create a stunning oil painting from a photo 11 8Coloured pencil still life with this technique Transform the humble pencil into a wonderful intricate art form 38 Watercolour masterclass Discover the wonderfully washy world 12 4Paint realistic fur of watercolours A comprehensive guide to painting lifelike animals good enough to stroke 44 Resources 118 Extend the capabilities of Painter 50 Interview: Bruce Dorn The inspirations and techniques of this amazing artist 56 Impressionist landscapes Use the Impressionist Cloner to paint in the style of Monet 60 Painting a still life Create a stunning timeless painting 80 66 Improve the backgrounds of photos Give images a boost with this nifty range of techniques 04 130 Art skills section 21 6 Art Skills introduction A roundup of all the artistic techniques you will learn 21 8 Understand the rules of perspective Learn to use depth and proportion correctly in your work 22 4 Understand the rules 13 0 Paint dramatic seascapes of composition Whip up the waves to create this stunning Discover what makes a perfect stormy image visual arrangement 110 14 0 An introduction to airbrushing 23 2 Understand light and shade Create an authentic Art Deco travel poster Illuminating advice on shadow and with this great effect highlight application 14 6 Create ice-cool images 24 0 How to paint trees Refi ne your colour palette to paint a winter- Get to grips with troublesome trunks and themed portrait tricky twigs 15 2 Interview: Daniel Conway 24 4 How to paint hair Learn how this amazing Painter Master honed Learn the art of painting luscious locks his skills 24 8 How to paint clouds 15 8 Create metallic textures From light and fl uffy to dark and angry Get the perfect sheen and gleam with these metal effect techniques 25 2 How to paint fabric 16 4 Paint like: Vincent van Gogh Achieve perfect fl ow and texture with this guide Paint the famous sunfl owers for yourself 244 17 2 Paint like: Edward Hopper Re-create this iconic American painting 18 0 Paint like: Claude Monet Try your hand at his Impressionist style 18 8 Paint like: Paul Gauguin Produce one of his bold, bright classics 19 4 Paint like: Constable Reproduce one of his famous beautiful English landscapes 25 6 Get online Discover how to create your own 194 20 2 Paint like: Edvard Munch web gallery today Re-create one of the most iconic images about 25 8 What’s on the disc 20 8 Paint like: L.S. Lowry Take a look at the complementary Paint in this unique ‘matchstick’ style interactive disc 05 Feature Get to know Corel Painter X Get to know Read on for an in-depth look at the new and enhanced features in Corel Painter X Original artwork by Philip Straub Corel’s Painter software has always been dedicated to bringing users the ultimate digital art studio. From its very beginning, the program has merged real media effects with digital technology and enabled tens of thousands of users to produce art above and beyond what they had ever dreamed of. For years, the program has allowed professional artists, designers and photographers to edit and create images to be proud of. Digital creatives from the entertainment industry use the program to make matte paintings, design characters or manufacture special textures. Corel Painter has been used to make popular videog ames as well as movies from household names such as Lucas�ilm and Disney. Professional photographers have also been drawn to the program, having noticed the potential Corel Painter provides in turning their photos into paintings. This has provided them with a new client base and helped increase revenue. Within its diverse audience, the program is most popular with �ine artists, with more and more moving from traditional methods of creating art to working in Corel Painter. Artists can get such outstanding results that their work is being exhibited around the world. And this is the perfect demonstration of what Corel Painter is all about – acting as a bridge between traditional art techniques and cutting- edge digital technology, giving users the best of both worlds. While it’s true that the professional community absolutely loves the program, it can also be found in the homes of curious creatives who are eager to try their hand at digital art. Whatever a person’s ability, there is a function in Corel Painter that will allow them to create something to be truly proud of. Whether it’s using a photo as a basis for a painting or sketching out a form freehand and then applying layers of virtual paint, there’s enough functionality to keep everyone’s imagination busy. With Painter X, Corel has built and expanded on all of the core features and produced a program that blurs the distinction between traditional art media and the digital format even more. Corel worked closely with the world’s best Painter users and responded to their ideas and suggestions about how the program should develop. The result is a piece of software that gives users the ability to emulate the look of real media like never before. Features include the new RealBristle Painting System, which delivers an incredibly responsive brush system; the Divine Proportion tool, for composing images using traditional art theory; and the new and enhanced features of the Photo Painting System, giving �irst-time users an excellent automatic base to start from. Over the next few pages, we’re going to look at these features in more depth, guiding you through these new elements of Corel Painter X, and providing some handy hints along the way. So sit back, see how Corel Painter X can improve your work and then get creating! 7 Feature Corel Painter X DIVINE PROPORTION The Corel Alongside the new Layout Grid tool, Painter X the Divine Proportion option lets you bring up a guide that helps you workspace compose your artwork or photo according to a ratio used by famous Find your way around artists such as Leonardo da Vinci. the new workspace and see where the new features live Anyone who is familiar with Corel Painter won’t be too horrified when they open up the new version. The overall look is the same as previous versions of the program, although once you start delving deeper, there are many new goodies to be found. We’re going to look at the new features in more depth on these DODGE AND BURN pages, providing you with the basis to go out and create the best Corel These two new additions to the Painter artwork you can. So here toolbox enable users to highlight it is, a whistle stop tour of where and darken areas of a photo or everything lives in the interface… image. By adjusting the opacity and size, you can apply your changes very intuitively and achieve amazing results. In addition to looking like the real thing, the RealBristle set also interacts with the canvas as a real brush would RealBristle Painting System ROUNDNESS BRISTLE RIGIDITY This new brush category Determines illustrates the core values of Corel how round the width of the This is a very interesting brush is. If you start with a setting, as it allows you to Painter perfectly round brush, a low value will control how �lexible the The brushes have always been at the heart of the program and give you an elliptical shape. A bristles are. If you go for a with this new set, the line between traditional art media and low value on a �lat brush will low value, the bristles will digital art media is blurred beyond recognition. The RealBristle give angular corners. be more �lexible. Set them brush category was developed by Painter Master Cher Threinen- BRISTLE LENGTH higher and the brush will be Pendarvis and replicates traditional art media with phenomenal more rigid. precision. With this brush category, users can work as they Use this slider to set the length FANNING would do with a traditional brush. You can see the individual of your bristles. This setting Pretty obvious bristles of the brush and also determine how the paint �lows and revolves around some maths one this – the higher the in what direction. As the brush moves, the bristles will splay and – the length is worked out by Fanning value, the more bend just as if you were working a traditional brush on a canvas. multiplying the brush size by spread out the bristles. The brush variants of this category replicate what you would the length you set. So if you FRICTION expect a ‘real’ artist to use. The different brush tips give you all have a size 15 brush and you Sets how the the control you need to create exactly the art you want but they set the Bristle Length to 2, the bristles glide over the canvas. can be further tweaked with the RealBristle palette (found in bristles will be 30. A low value will result in Enjoy the look Window>Brush Controls). From here you can determine the PROFILE LENGTH smooth brushstrokes; a high of a fan brush dynamics of the brushes. You can start by clicking an icon to setting will give much more with the new set the tip pro�ile and then further re�ine your choice using This sets the length of the textured results. Use this RealBristle brush category the subsequent sliders. Here’s a look at what they do: brush’s pro�ile. setting alongside the Rigidity 8 The RealBristle REALBRISTLE PAINTING SYSTEM variants in full MATCH PALETTE This exciting new brush category allows users The Effects menu houses a new addition Helping your image blossom to mimic the effect of in the shape of the Match Palette effect. traditional brushes to You can use this to match the colour the extent of revealing values of one image to another. individual bristle marks! Real Blender Flat Real Blender Round Real Blender Tapered Real Fan Short Real Fan Soft UNIVERSAL MIXER PALETTE Mixing colours has never been easier than with the new Universal Mixer Real Flat Opaque palette. When used with the right brushes, you can mix colours up and apply them directly on the canvas. Real Flat Real Oils Short Real Oils Smeary Real Oils Soft Wet The RealBristle setting for some category allows you to emulate traditional spectacular results. brush effects like HEIGHT never before Real Round Bristle This setting is very interesting indeed. A traditional artist Real Round will change how much of the brush is pressed on the canvas. This setting does the same – a high value will only use the Real Tapered Bristle very tip of the brush, while low values compress the bristles against the canvas. This causes them to spread out. Real Tapered Flat This brush category will delight any artist who works from scratch and will be very intuitive Real Tapered Round to anyone who has worked with traditional art materials. But you can also apply the RealBristle palette settings to the existing Static Bristle, Camel Hair, Bristle Spray and Blend Camel Real Tapered Wet Flat brushes and turn them into RealBristle brushes! 9 Feature Get to know Corel Painter X TThhee LLaayyoouutt GGrriidd aallssoo aalllloowwss yyoouu ttoo iimmpprroovvee tthhee ccoommppoossiittiioonn iinn yyoouurr pphhoottooss oorr iimmaaggeess Leonardo da Vinci applied the principles of divine The options within the Divine proportion in his Proportion box give you total control work, including on over the tool the Mona Lisa Compositional tools Before any painting can take most useful. It’s possible to change the size, angle and orientation place, an artist needs to work out of the guide and also save out certain presets for common tasks. By using this tool, you can arrange your photos or paintings the arrangement of a piece, and according to tried and tested artistic methods. Even if you don’t the next couple of new features we’ll look follow it exactly, the guide can be used to see where the important areas of an image are, and will help you position accordingly. You at help with exactly this can use it to roughly mark out a blank canvas, or apply it to a photo The Divine Proportion tool takes a classic compositional theory before cropping. and brings it direct to your digital art studio. It works around the Another great compositional tool is the new Layout Grid. This ratio of roughly three to �ive, which results in a composition that’s works along similar principles to the Divine Proportion tool, in aesthetically pleasing. The term ‘divine proportion’ was created that it allows you to visually divide the grid up into sections and by Luca Pacioli way back in 1509. He wrote a treatise about the plan where your most important features go. It comes with three subject, which was illustrated by none other than Leonardo da presets ready to use (Rule of Thirds, 3x5, 5x5) but you can use the Vinci, who also applied the ratio to his own work, such as the Mona Layout Grid palette to create divisions of your choosing. Simply Lisa and The Last Supper. adjust the Divisions slider to the setting you want. The concept is simple. According to the ratio, there are certain The Layout Grid is an exceptionally useful feature. For example, ‘hot spots’ in an area. By placing focal points of an image in these if you are creating a painting from a photo reference, you can apply hot spots, an artist can ensure that as a viewer’s eye travels around the same grid to the source image as to your canvas. This allows an image it will �ind the points of interest. you to break the reference down into separate chunks and you can The Divine Proportion tool is found in the toolbox. Once enabled, then sketch the information in each of these chunks to create the a guide will appear on the canvas consisting of a grid, a spiral and basics for the painting. It is also a good way of seeing how best to an axis. You can keep all lines on, or just select the ones you �ind crop a photo or image according to where the lines lie. 10