Learn to paint with ArtRage watercolors. These brushes are very adept at emulating traditional watercolor brushes and the digital artist will delight in the transparency and blending abilities of the brushes. Join me for four weeks of watercolor painting with ArtRage Pro. This class is appropriate for the beginner to intermediate student whom wishes to learn more about the watercolor brushes in ArtRage Pro. To register or for more information on the class please follow the link below.

ArtRage Watercolors

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3. Search for your class by name , software or instructor note that you can also select Webinar events and Open Studio.

Once you have found your class, click on “Enroll Now” to register for the class. Notice that the information about the class is located below the course information, the Session, block and when the class starts and ends.

Once you have completed registration you can then click on “Dashboard” which is located on the Main Menu bar to access your classroom. Notice just below “Enroll Now” the Course Information including what session and when a class starts and ends. Self Study Courses start when registration opens and end the last day of class so they tend to run longer than other courses.

Susi Lawson will demonstrate the dynamics of Photoshop brushes and how to change the brushes you have and how to create the brushes you don’t. This is a one hour webinar. Those who register for this webinar will receive $15 off on Susi’s new DVD. For the amateur as well as the professional this is a must attend webinar.

Date: Thursday March 4th

Time:

* 5 pm Pacific Standard Time

* 6 pm Mountain

* 7 pm Central

* 8 pm Eastern

Register now, seating is limited.

This course is an exploration of Photoshop’s Pen Toolset and Paths. The course will cover the creation, manipulation, and many uses of vector paths within Photoshop. Students will become familiar with using Photoshop’s Paths for a variety of real world tasks such as vector drawings, logo creation, clipping paths, cutouts and other effects that can be accomplished with Paths. Detailed step by step instructions as well as video examples provide the means for students to take control of this powerful but intimidating tool. Classes begin February 27th.

Your Instructor Kirk Nelson will cover the following topics and more.

Before Class

The Pen tool in Photoshop is one of the most avoided tools by the most Photoshop users. It may be explored or played with while using the program, but many users find in unintuitive and cumbersome to make a part of their normal workflow. There tends to be a strange level of intimidation regarding the Pen. This course is meant to change that. At the culmination of this class students should be as comfortable with the Pen as with any other tool in Photoshop.

Week One
The Pen is mightier than the sword, or the brush, or the clone stamp tool, or even the filter menu.

This week we’ll delve into what exactly the Pen does that is different than anything else in Photoshop, and why you’d want to use it. We’ll explore the interface and get some hands on time in Path wrangling.

Week Two
Now cut that out! Remove an object from a background without the Magic Wand tool!

Remove an object from a background without the Magic Wand tool!
This week we’ll see why the Pen is the “Anti-Magic Wand” tool. We’ll use it to cut an object out of the background of an image. We’ll explore the techniques the pros use and develop an efficient work flow for quickly creating precise clipping paths, and discuss why that’s a good thing.

Week Three
Illustrating in Photoshop, learning to draw a logo that can be scaled to any size without smudging .Learn to create tight vector illustrations in our favorite image editor. In a program where pixels reign supreme, the vectors tools are often forgotten. This week we’ll dust them off and see that Photoshop can draw!

Week Four
Keeping it real, practical path projects and Professional Pen practices

This week we’ll cover some real life applications of the Pen techniques and explore some of the secret tricks of the pros.