CPM8
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Premiering today to international audiences, Corel Painter Official Magazine, Issue 8, published by Imagine Publishing, Ltd. in the UK ran a feature on Paint Outside the Frame, a great forum on digital painting where I’m a member. Along with information on the forum, Painter Magazine (for short) also published a selection of art from the members of the forum, and “Pink Calla Lilies” was one of the chosen few! Also featured with the article are Carrie Woeck, Marilyn Sholin, Michael D., and Alan D. Any of you interested in digital painting and learning how to paint digitally, go check out the forum. More information can be found on Marilyn’s blog.
Also in this issue, Corel Painter Master Marilyn Sholin and I team up to tackle the Q&A section of the magazine. Issues haven’t arrived in the US yet, but should be very soon!
Painted for Corel Painter Magazine by Imagine Publishing.
Here’s another digital painting study, this time using Corel Painter X instead of Photoshop. Painter is amazing in the way that some of its prebuilt brushes are capable of producing the look of traditional paint (coined “natural media” by Corel). Going against this concept, I used one of the brushes that I thought wouldn’t be a good match for natural media. The “brush” itself is nothing more than a gradient. The sample above is a sampling of “strokes” painted with the Tubism brush. Notice it is nothing really spectacular, like I said, just a gradient. Who would think that this simple brush could be used to create a painting that is reminiscent of traditional oil paint? It certainly is possible, and just goes to prove: It isn’t the tool that makes great art, but how you use that tool.
UPDATE: Featured in the Official Corel Painter Magazine, Issue 8!