Lesson 9 – Making a Chalk Painting of a Still Life (31:24) In this lesson you will set up a new folder to put your drawings in so you don’t lose them! You can save more than one version of your artwork so you can always go back if you need to. Included in the lesson is picture that you will use as Tracing Paper to make a drawing. Painter Essentials lets you draw and paint from scratch, or by starting with a tracing from a scanned image or photograph. Lesson 7 – Making a Sketch Using Tracing Paper (17:18) In this lesson you will learn the most common keyboard shortcuts most painters like to use. Keyboard shortcuts can make the painting process faster and easier, so you can focus on your creativity. This lesson walks you through the Color Window, the Mixer Window and the Color Wheel so you can mix your own colors or choose one from an open file or a photograph. Painter Essentials offers you several ways of working with colors.

Make colored paper and see how to save a favorite brush.

Make a new canvas and have a great time exploring all of the different brushes Corel Painter Essentials offers you for bringing your imagination into the world of digitally created art! Learn how to add and blend colors, how to erase, and how to start over again. Welcome to Corel Painter Essentials! In this lesson Jane will show you around the program and explain what everything does. Lesson 3 – A Tour of the Essentials Workspace (13:22) In this lesson you will learn how to move the cursor around the screen and how to draw and paint comfortably. We will even show you how to save your masterpieces!ĭrawing and painting with a pen is so much easier than using a mouse it just takes a little bit of practice. In no time we will have you drawing and sketching before working on your first project.

Getting started is easy! After you install the software you will want to set up how the tablet and pen will work for you.

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