Course Description

Corel's Painter is the leading digital painting application software. Painter's Brush tools offer a wide range of preset painting and drawing tools called Brush Variants. These Variants are organised into Categories, like, Airbrushes, Oils, Calligraphy, Pencils, so on and so forth. Painter Brushes are designed with real media in mind. For example: you can select a Fine Camel brush variant from the Watercolour Category by using the Brush Selector bar, here you can have quick access to all Brush Categories and Variants at your fingertips, beautiful Pastels, Watercolour, Oils and that brush you select will simulate real media. Two of Painter's recent features are the RealBristle Brush and Hard Media with their respective Variants that can produce a natural movement of an artist's brush. This feature heightens the responsiveness of your brush in a totally new way. You can replicate the sensation and interaction between paint, canvas and brush. There's no other program that can let you experience this. Special Requirements for this Class: You must have completed Painter Brushes I and you cannot take Painter Brushes I & II together. Painter Brushes II is written for the person who wishes to expand their knowledge of Painter's brushes. If you have a version prior to Painter X you will not have the RealBristle brushes and prior to Painter 11 you will not have the Hard Media brushes. This does not mean that potential students with earlier versions cannot participate. I welcome you all. View more sample images This is a 5 week, self-paced, online course. If you need additional help understanding the material presented, you can communicate with the instructor and fellow classmates. The instructor will monitor and track your progress throughout the class. LVS Online offers many wonderful learning tools to help you get the most out of your online course, including an online portfolio service that manages all your course registrations, certificate of completion option, a class discussion board to interact with your instructor and fellow classmates, free hosting account, and a student upload area. LVS is a Corel Training Partner. LVS students may purchase Corel products at a significant savings. Follow this link for details. LVS students are eligible to receive software and hardware at a discount. Follow this link for details. Students are also eligible take advantage of special offers made available specifically for LVS by famous software developers such as Andromeda, AV Bros, Extensis, Harry Heim, namesuppressed, Nik Multimedia, and Ulead. Details are provided in the classinfo link found in the confirmation of registration. Show off your LVS Online spirit with an item from the LVS Store Visit the LVS Blog for updates. If you would like to receive more information regarding this course, click on the "Contact Us" link in the Information section and we'll try to answer any of your questions within the day.

Course Requirements

Do not take the Painter I class in conjunction with this Painter Brushes II class as this can cause confusion and frustration. The instructor will request that you drop the Painter Brushes II class if you register for both. Corel Painter 11 or X installed on your system. Earlier versions are acceptable, however some features may not be available. LVS is a Corel Training Partner. Enrolled LVS students are eligible to purchase Corel products directly from Corel Education Store at a substantial savings! Enter coupon code CRL10LVS when checking out to get an additional 10% discount on all Corel products! There may be Zip files provided to complete many of the weekly exercises. WinZip, PKZip, Windows Compression or a similar program is required to unzip these files. Here are a couple free tutorials available at LVS which may be helpful to you: Winzip Tutorial Here Windows Compression Students must have a working knowledge of their operating system, especially: How to create and name new folders How to locate files How to open and save files Here are a few free tutorials available at LVS which may be helpful to you: PC Users: Free Vista Class Free Windows Class Directory Structure Tutorial Mac Users: Basic Computer File Systems Tutorial (Mac) Certificate Students: Homework must be reviewed by the instructor in order to earn a certificate. Students have the option of using either the Student Upload Area or free web hosting made available for LVS students. Details are provided in the classroom. If you prefer to use your own web space, you must know how to upload your files to a server. Free tutorials are available: Basic HTML Page WS_FTP SmartFTP All lessons are available in PDF format. Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view/print the lessons. Plan to devote 3 - 4 hours per week on the lesson and assignment. Course Recommendation Painter has been optimized to integrate seamlessly with a Graphics (pressure sensitive) tablet such as the inexpensive Wacom Bamboo, or the multi-featured Wacom Intuos. Although you can use the program with a mouse, you will find many of the features to be most effective with a tablet. You may want to consider buying one at some point in time. There is initially a bit of a learning curve, but once you begin to use the tablet and pen in conjunction with Painter (and many other programs) you will be both amazed and excited by how real the painting and drawing effects seem as you work. Check out our academic resellers for discounts on hardware.

Course Prerequisites

Class Level- Intermediate Completion of Corel Painter: Introduction to Brushes I Do not take the Painter I class in conjunction with this Painter Brushes II class as this can cause confusion and frustration. The instructor will request that you drop the Painter Brushes II class if you register for both.

Course Syllabus

Lesson 1 Pastels Image Hose Fun Brushes - F/X Chalk Lesson 2 Colour and Colour Palettes Acrylics Oils Lesson 3 Pens & Pencils Liquid Ink Sumi-e Brushes Painting with Selections Lesson 4 Art Pen Brush Artists Artist's Oils Conte/Crayons Impasto Lesson 5 Cloner Brushes - Cloning & Tracing Multipoint Cloning Modify Default Brushes to Cloners Select and Adjust a Clone Method Creating a Simple Embossed Effect to an Image Auto Painting Smart Stroke Brushes Lesson 6 RealBristle Brushes Printing Files & Formats/Resolution Painting with Dynamic Plugins - Metals Creating Fun Text Final Assignment - Painting

Course Excerpt

Welcome to Introduction to Painter Brushes II. For the first lesson we will concentrate on the wonderful media of Pastels, followed by Chalk and then finally Image Hose and what I call, Fun Brushes! I am not looking for painted masterpieces. It's important that you learn and experiment with the brushes so you will have a confidence in handling different digital media brushes in Painter. Continued... Please note: Lessons provide step-by-step instructions with detailed screen captures.

Course Goals

By the end of this online class you will have a good knowledge of the Painter Brushes so that you can go on and further develop painting skills and become proficient at using this powerful program.

Course Reviews

Erin:: "I really appreciated learning a wide range of uses for many of the brushes and to use them in different capacities to achieve a finished painting. I never would have figured out the best brushes for painting, trees, sky, grass, blending, painting water etc. without the guidance. Now I know how to use brushes in combination to complete a painting, and I am not so overwhelmed with the selection anymore." More...