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Course Description: Creative Painting with PhotoImpact: Paint Tool Proficiency

This course is designed to help you become proficient with the tools and features in PhotoImpact commonly used for digital painting. All the paintbrushes and the many available setting options will be covered in depth. You will not be required to draw images from scratch, but will focus on tool proficiency. For more details, please review the lesson outline below.

Lessons

Lesson 1 - Locate and identify the paint tools.

Tools that work well for sketching.
Which brushes for which paint strokes.
How and why to Paint in Mode.
Recognize the different strokes for each brush.
Save layers and objects as you paint.
Exercises and Tutorial.

Lesson 2 - Locate and identify the retouch tools.

Add dimension and depth to your painting by applying the retouch tools.
Apply artistic effects.
Use the Edit Active Objects Only and the Paint Eraser.
Modify and edit your painting as you are working on it.
Exercises and Tutorial.

Lesson 3 - Use the brush panel to modify your brushes to suit the subject.

A detailed look at each tab and setting.
Soften or intensify your work with object properties.
Tablet settings and available options.
Exercises and Tutorial.

Lesson 4 - Create, save and use textures with your brushes.

Create and save your brushstrokes for future use.
Basic art elements and principles about balance, harmony, contrast, postitive/negative space, emphasis, proportion, perspective, pattern, rhythm, variety, light source and shadow.
Art styles in the last century and what defines it.
Exercises and Tutorial.

Lesson 5 - Apply lighting effects to your completed work.

Apply texture effects to your completed work.
Make choices about color and color values in relation to your artwork.
Use a color wheel.
Create a color palette.
Create, save and edit color swatches.
Exercises and Tutorial.

Lesson 6 - Create your own digital painting.

Things to consider when framing your art.
Basic tips and reminders.
Alternative to sketching prior to painting.
Exercises and Final Project.

Prerequisites

This course is designed for the intermediate to advanced user of PhotoImpact. It assumes a working knowledge of the program and familiarity with the Tool locations. If you do not meet this criteria, I recommend taking the PIRC Beginners Workshop prior to enrolling in this class.

You must have PhotoImpact 7, 8, 8.5, XL,Pro or 10 installed on your computer. It can be the trial version, but you will not be able to complete this course during the 30-day trial period

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