Archive for February, 2009

Corel Painter Watercolors! Learn the Secretes!

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

Don’t miss this live webinar brought to you by Digital Art Academy.

Learn how to control this wonderful category of brushes in ®Corel Painter. Focus will be on Watercolor brush category. Learn about the differences in these variants and how to achieve the best effects. This session is recorded. Recorded sessions are made available to students after the session. Emphasis will be on reducing the frustration and learning how to make these variants work for you in your creative process

When the presentation is over, students will have the option to ask questions. This session also includes a set of beautiful watercolors brushes to get you started!

Subjects Covered:

Brush Controls
Water Palette
Working with Layers
Wetting and Drying Layers
Building Translucent color with Watercolors

This is a live webinar session using Go To Webinar

For more Information: The Secretes to beautiful  Watercolor Paintings in ® Corel Painter

Classes Begin February 28th!

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

Classes begin on February 28th at Digital Art Academy! Don’t miss the fun! Registration closes soon.

Kirk Nelson’s Introduction to Painting with Photoshop and Photoshop Elements!

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

Introduction to Painting with Photoshop
Course Description:

This course is a beginner level course that presents the basics of digital painting with Photoshop. It’s a hands-on exploration of tools, theory, and technique designed to familiarize students with the fundamentals of creating painted artwork within Photoshop. By the end of the course, students should be comfortable using the painting tools and have a solid understanding of the workflow involved in producing a painting of their own.

Software
Photoshop 7 or higher
Photoshop Elements 6 or higher

What’s New At Digital Art Academy!

Sunday, February 8th, 2009

Painter Live-Monthly Live Webinar Events at Digital Art Academy

Live Webinar Event-The Magic of Watercolor

Are you frustrated with Watercolors in Corel Painter and do you want to learn how to get the best results? Then join me, Karen Bonaker as I demonstrate some of the tricks to achieving the most realistic effects.

Join me for an hour presentation as I demonstrate some of the techniques I have used to create lovely watercolor paintings. This class will include a recorded video that the student can save and view any time.

Class size: 15 only
Class Fee: $25

New! Introduction to Digital Painting with Photoshop Kirk Nelson

This course is a beginner level course that presents the basics of digital painting with Photoshop. It’s a hands-on exploration of tools, theory, and technique designed to familiarize students with the fundamentals of creating painted artwork within Photoshop.
By the end of the course, students should be comfortable using the painting tools and have a solid understanding of the work flow involved in producing a painting of their own.

Diana Dillion’s Portrait Painting

Join Diana as she teaches you some wonderful techniques for painting portraits.
Digital portrait painting has become extremely popular! This class will be beneficial to the hobbyist as well as the professional photographer who wants to “keep up with the times”, and add another product line to their studio.

Drawing from her background as a professional photographer and a traditional artist, Diana will teach you some of the fundamentals of what makes a good portrait painting. This class will not only teach you how to paint, it will also teach you about lighting, colors, and composition, which are the fundamentals of what makes a good portrait painting.

Back for Session Two:

Jill Garl’s Painted Petals
Diana Dillion’s Pet Painting
Karen Bonaker Advanced Auto-Painting with ®Corel Painter

Don’t forget we have a great listing of Self Paced courses as well!

Coming in Session Three: Session Three Registration begins on March 30th

Susi Lawson! her first online class at DAA!

Jill Garl! – Charcoal Art Sketches!

Registration Opens Monday! February 2nd Digital Art Academy

Sunday, February 1st, 2009

This session DAA will introduce two new classes.

Diana Dillion’s Portrait Painting
Kirk Nelson’s Introduction to Painting with Photoshop

Click on the link’s provided to learn more about these classes.

Returning for Session Two!

Jill Garl’s Painted Petals
Diana Dillion’s Pet Painting
Karen Bonaker’s Advanced Auto-Painting with ®Corel Painter

Self Paced Courses:

DAA offers several Self Paced courses for your continued education. These classes are available for you to begin studying upon successful enrollment. Self paced courses open for registration on February 2nd. You will have eight weeks to complete your course.

Some of our Self Paced courses include:

Digital Print Embellishment with Anne Carter-Hardgrove

Creative Photo Effects with Les Meehan

Painter Brushes with Karen Bonaker
Introduction to Illustrator with Chris Price

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Live Webinars- Painter Live

DAA is pleased to announce a Live Webinar event  “Painter Live” each month DAA will host a live webinar event. These sessions are limited to only 15 students and are $25 per student for a one hour session. Sessions are recorded so the student has the option to save and view any time!

Our first session is called Watercolor Magic and will be presented on Sunday March 1st. For details please visit the DAA site

Welcome to another session of Digital Art Academy!