Another cool workshop: Painter Creativity There will be considerable personal attention for each student in a relaxed and friendly setting. In addition to the creative focus of the workshop, I shall be happy to resolve technical questions participants have regarding any aspects of working with Painter. There's room for five students to work on Macintosh computers, one on a PC. All computers are equipped with a Wacom graphics tablet and pressure-sensitive stylus. No prior experience of Painter is necessary. Students should bring a Zip cartridge for back-up.

Back to the Classroom Painter Creativity Featuring (once again) Jeremy Sutton, award-winning digital artist March 6, 7, 8, 2000 (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday) At Url's Internet Cafe World Headquarters in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA. Url's Internet Cafe is proud to present the Spring 2000 hands-on Santa Fe Painter Creativity Workshop. In this three day workshop you will learn how to master and creatively apply the incredibly powerful and diverse brushes and art materials offered within Painter 6. You will explore the fundamentals of Painter 6 in a creative and stimulating way. The focus is on practical, strategic and artistic issues, not just what different features do or where to find specific tools. You will learn to use a pressure-sensitive graphics tablet, to apply Painter in an enjoyable, relaxed and efficient way that empowers and develops your creativity and helps train your eye in drawing from life. The class size is small (limited to six students) so there is a lot of personal attention. In addition to the creative focus of the workshop, I shall be happy to resolve technical questions participants have regarding any aspects of working with Painter. There will be considerable personal attention for each student in a relaxed and friendly setting. In addition to the creative focus of the workshop, I shall be happy to resolve technical questions participants have regarding any aspects of working with Painter. There's room for five students to work on Macintosh computers, one on a PC. All computers are equipped with a Wacom graphics tablet and pressure-sensitive stylus. No prior experience of Painter is necessary. Students should bring a Zip cartridge for back-up.

Here's a list of topics that will be covered:

GETTING TO KNOW YOUR TOOLS The Basics Setting up Painter and the Wacom tablet Introduction to Painter interface Saving palette layouts Opening and saving files Strategies for making the most of Painter Basics of painting Accessing, controlling and applying brushes Customizing brushes and saving variants Art Materials & Palette Customization Using the Color Selector Working with texture, gradations and patterns Using the Shortcuts custom palette Loading Extra Brushes Creating customized brush icons Using Movers Cleaning up and creating your own Painters libraries Saving commands   Cost Payment Options Refund Policy Registration Form

CREATIVITY Preparation Determining canvas size Creating backgrounds Previsualizing your image Compositional decisions Defining Form and Embracing Chaos Line and tone Working with Color Expression and Intuition Working with Chaos and Harmony Demo: Jeremy will create a live portrait, showing the way he customizes Painter, the way he selects and applies brushes, the way he chooses color, and the way he approaches creativity and expression using digital tools. He also shows how recording a script can open up unlimited possibilities for working with your creative process. Final Touches Adding borders Preparing for printing Preparing for the web Archive and documentation Output examples Some additional comments from Jeremy about this workshop: The technical side of the course includes a lot of strategy and specific interface customization that will be be useful in any use of Painter, whether just using the brushes, or working on complex multilayered images with text, shapes, dynamic plugin layers and imported elements. My approach is to make Painter work for you in an efficient way like a fine tuned machine so that your creativity can be fully expressed in the digital medium. The bulk of the workshop will involve using brushes on the background canvas. However I should emphasize that this is the backbone of much else in Painter. Once you've fully appreciated how to master the brushes, organize them , use the Movers to create custom libraries, etc, (all of which will be explicitly covered in the workshop) then you can utilize that power in the application of special effects, the use of brushes in the mask layer and on floaters and over text. Painter is a very deep, very extensive and powerful tool. In a three day Painter Creativity course we will not be able to go in depth into everything. I shall create the space and flexibility within the course to spend some time with each student on any specific topics of interest to them. Students work on their own creative transformations on the final day of the course. I am quite happy for these projects to include layers and text - they can form compositional elements to work with just like brush strokes. Students get productive Painter training at the same time as a wonderful creative and artistic experience. Return to top of page