Today I decided to go a step further than my last Painter 11 beginner tutorial by attempting to paint a portrait of Angelina Jolie. I used brush techniques found on the Corel Painter 11 tutorial page to quickly and easily create a realistic oil paint rendition of a photograph.

The tutorial video below will walk you through this process, step by step, so you can learn the fundamental techniques involved with portrait painting. This tutorial relies on the clone coloring technique to simplify the painting process. Clone coloring uses a base photograph to gather color information for the canvas. It is a unique process that is inherantly flawed to give your art that realistic, hand-painted look.

Using cloned brushes makes painting much easier, but it still requires time and a skilled hand. All of the brush strokes are your own, and the final portrait will be uniquely yours. This process also teaches new artists the basics of color and visualizing color placement on the canvas. Hopefully after a few cloned portraits you will develop the skills to try painting on your own.

Check out my YouTube tutorial of how to create a great looking portrait of Angelina Jolie in just a few minutes.

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Today I ran through a few basic tutorials with the new Corel Painter 11 software. Painter 11 replaces the extremely popular Painter X, which was released just over 2 years ago. Painter 11 doesn’t make a drastic departure from the Painter X interface, it just adds some cool new features and makes some improvement tweaks. Painter 11 is geared toward artists and more experienced users, but as I found out, even a complete novice can be up and running in no time.

I am no stranger to graphic design software, and I am quite proficient with programs like Photoshop and Illustrator. However, this is my first time using Corel Painter. When I first opened the program, I immediately noticed the similarities it has with Photoshop. The way the tool windows are arranged is very similar, and the layer tool is almost the exact same as Photoshop’s. To get myself familiar with the controls, I watched a few tutorial videos both on Corel’s site and YouTube. These were extremely helpful in showing me the basic tools and where to find individual commands. Once you start messing around in Painter 11, the controls become intuitive and easy to navigate.

After I got my bearings, I decided to follow a few tutorials. A few trial and error sessions later, I was actually able to create some pretty cool pieces of digital art. I was a little intimidated at the start, but now my confidence is high, and I am well on my way to becoming a digital artist. Well, not exactly, but it’s a start.

Check out my YouTube video for a cool tutorial on how to create an oil paint still life from any photograph in just a few minutes. This video will also show you around some of the basic controls in Painter 11. Enjoy!

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CorelDRAW was revolutionary when it was first introduced in 1989. It continues to be one of the most widely used graphic design programs of the day. Whether you use CorelDRAW for graphic design (print ads, brochures, websites) or for everyday tasks (creating diagrams, designs for home projects, etc.), there’s no question why you love it so much. It’s cheaper, faster and more intuitive than many other programs in its category.

For a limited time Corel has released a special Anniversary Edition of Graphics Suite X4 to select resellers nationwide. This special edition includes:

• CorelDRAW X4
• Corel PHOTO-PAINT X4
• Corel PowerTRACE X4
• Wacom Intuos3 A6 wide (4X6) pen tablet X4
• Corel Painter Sketch Pad

You also get 10,000 clipart images, 1,000 photographs from iStockPhoto, 1,000 fonts and 80 professionally designed templates.