Beginner's Tips for Corel Painter 11 and 12 Digital Painting

Splashing Water- Skip Allen's wonderful watercolour brushes for digital painting in Corel Painter 11

Tweet      Copyright Joan A Hamilton - all rights reserved   Skip Allen's Splashing Water Watercolours are available on the Painter Talk Forum (link in sidebar). Today I am illustrating how the Digital Closed Splat can be used to add a more painterly look to your backgrounds,…(continue reading)

Maybe losing all my custom brushes in Corel Painter 11 is not such a bad thing or my new Lean Mean Painting Machine!

Tweet  Thanks to those who emailed me with advice to help solve my problem with Painter 11... And super big thanks to Skip Allen for patiently helping me fix things in a GoToMeeting Session !  My biggest learning from this experience is that everyone who uses Painter, and that…(continue reading)

Same Sketch Different Paint Job - Orchids in Progress

Tweet Floral Shapes Trying a different colours for orchids on this sketch because I really like the shapes. Didn't really want to go that purply, but that's the way it's going.   Background Having a lot of fun with John Derry's  watercolour brushes on the background. They really…(continue reading)

How To Use the Digital Watercolor Brush Control in Corel Painter 11 and 12

Tweet     I wrote this tutorial for my eBook a few months ago. Actually I thought I had published it, but couldn't find it if I have! I think I am getting it mixed up with Understanding Basic Brush Controls because I used a Digital Pointed Simple Water brush in that tutorial.   This…(continue reading)

Tips on sketching orchids for painting digital watercolours

Tweet I'm putting these in my Beginner's Tip Category because a good painting starts with a good sketch.   Orchids are my next challenge. I have painted them before. Remember Ant on a Mission. My husband took quite few photos in the Singapore Botanical Gardens a few years ago. I found…(continue reading)