Digital Painting Fundamentals with Corel Painter X [Paperback]

Rhoda Grossman (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1598634046 | ISBN-13: 978-1598634044 | Publication Date: July 26, 2007 | Edition: 1

Digital Painting Fundamentals with Corel Painter X is an introduction to drawing and painting using a Wacom graphics tablet and the industry standard software for pixel-based art. Each chapter is full of exercises designed to teach basic skills, such as eye-hand coordination. Easy-to-follow projects lead you from a simple, still life sketch to drawing the human figure. Each lesson is designed for novices as well as artists who want to transfer their traditional skills to the computer. You'll learn techniques for imitating natural media such as charcoal, watercolor, and oils. A wide variety of styles and subject matter is covered, ranging from classic landscape to experimental abstract painting as well as mixed media portraits and caricature.

Product Details

• Paperback: 237 pages
• Publisher: Course Technology PTR; 1 edition (July 26, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1598634046
• ISBN-13: 978-1598634044
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #482,747 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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46 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Friendly introduction to Painter, October 3, 2007

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Henry Lahore (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews
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This is the best book I have found on Painter. I think it will have special appeal to those like me who are not (yet!) professional artists, but wish to learn to paint and draw on the computer. The title says Painter X, but it covers versions 8 thru X. Grossman has a humorous and down to earth teaching style that pulls you right in. She uses a tutorial approach, with 10 main projects and variations, and includes an excellent CD. Rather than trying to cover every bell and whistle of Painter the way Cher Thereinen-Pendarvis does in the Painter Wow! books, Grossman focuses just on drawing and painting, with forays into pixel animation and caricature, which is her professional specialty. The book has so much substance, but is so non-intimidating and just plain fun, I think new and experienced Painter users of every artistic level will learn a great deal from it.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I was stumped until this book, October 30, 2008

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Katherine M. Bjork "dizeyner" (Milwaukie, OR USA) - See all my reviews
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I purchased a wacom tablet and painter X a few months ago. I then became so overwhelmed by all the options and completely distracted by the fact that it didnt feel or behave like my real pencil that I set it all aside. I convinced I was never going to learn to go digital.

Then I saw this book on amazon and thought, Ill give it another go. Because I really really want to be able to translate my art in digital form.

WOW from page one I was hooked back into painter X and learned what I needed to do to make my wacom behave and choose the right options so that I could draw the way that felt right to my hand.

There are still some things that don't translate exactly the same as they do in real media, but the book tells you what that is and why so that you can learn to adapt.

If you ask me, this book is THE book that should come with every box of painter X. and if you boxed it with ever wacom I bet more people would give painter a try.

Im still learning how to use painter X to do what I used to do with natural media, but at least now, Im moving forward, not standing still.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good introduction and that's about it, December 8, 2008

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R. Nalawansa (Colombo, Sri Lanka) - See all my reviews
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I'm in advertising, work as a snr Art Director for an ad agency. I got PainterX installed way before getting lessons on it assuming it'll be easy to learn since i was already familiar with other imaging software like PS etc. But painter proved to be a little bit more difficult to learn on my own on a short time period. So after reading many reviews, i bought this book and also the PainterX wow book.
Started off with this book and gotta say it was well put together and was easy to read and practice. But within just a matter of few days i was way beyond the scope of this book.
In my opinion it's a great starter book for those who are not too familiar with graphic/painting software but it doesn't really showcase the full potential of painter. After all it does say "fundamentals"
If i had to do it again...i'd still buy this book but this is not at all enough if you really want to explore painterX.
If budget permits, buy this and also the wow book. Great combo IMHO :)
If you only want to learn the basics and slowly explore PainterX, this book should suffice. If you know your way around graphic software, frequent blogs etc that shares tips and tutorials even the Wow book should be ok as a starter.
If i had bit more time on my hands to learn basics off the www, i could have only bought the WOW book