Elaina Moore-Kelly
Elaina Moore-Kelly
Elaina lives in Florida with her husband, and her 2 cockatiels. After spending 15 years at IBM she never expected to have a computer in her own home, but in 1997 her husband decided he wanted to be “plugged in” and he bought a MacIntosh with a whopping 32 megabytes of RAM. He finally convinced Elaina to give it a try and she was immediately hooked, but soon got tired of sharing, so she bought a PC for herself and got a free version of PrintMaster with it.
Once she followed the instructions and created her first greeting card, Elaina decided she loved computer graphics. She tried several other printing programs and finally settled on The Print Shop. While making her own cards, she also began creating her own graphics and became a Paint Shop Pro junkie, and finally began writing her own PSP tutorials. Eventually, Elaina became a Beta tester for the Jasc corporation prior to the sale of the corporation to Corel. A life-long learner, Elaina became interested in web design and eventually created her own web site where she hosts tutorials she wrote using Paint Shop Pro.
As her interest in computer graphics grew, Elaina discovered the exciting world of Corel Painter. She had dabbled in art from time to time for many years but was always annoyed by “having to clean brushes” and all the mess that entailed. After taking several classes on using Painter, she realized she had discovered the perfect vehicle for her artistic ambitions. She began using the program to draw and paint from scratch, and at last was able to fulfill her childhood dream of becoming an “artiste”. You may view some of Elaina’s digital paintings here: Elaina’s Gallery
In early 2005, Elaina began using Corel® Painter™. She has had the honor and privilege of being a Beta tester for the past three versions of Corel® Painter™, Corel® Painter™ X, Corel® Painter™ 11, and Corel’s newest version, Corel® Painter™ 12.
She has been teaching beginner students how to use Corel Painter since August of 2008, but after learning the basics of using Painter for digital painting, she became curious about what else the program could do and began exploring other features available in the program. These explorations eventually led to the concepts being taught in the “Creative Collage – Scrap techniques with Painter“.
As a life-long learner, Elaina continues to take Corel Painter classes several times a year; in addition to improving and honing her own skills, these classes also help her to be a better teacher to her students. Elaina gains enormous satisfaction from teaching. In her own words, “The best part about teaching people how to use Painter is that sudden “Aha” moment, when all becomes clear, and the student is able to use that new knowledge to create something wonderful and soul-satisfying. This makes the time and work invested totally worthwhile.”