Karen Sperling's Painting for Photographers Volume 2: Steps and Art Lessons for Painting Children's Portraits from Photos in Corel Painter 12
Painter Master Karen Sperling is the original Corel Painter expert.She has been writing about and teaching Painter longer than anyone.She demo'd Painter when it debuted at Boston Macworld inAugust 1991 after having written the first Painter manual. Shewent on to write the manuals for the next several versions ofPainter and wrote several published Painter books, including thehighly acclaimed first volume of Painting for Photographers,available on Amazon for either Painter X/11 or Painter 12/X3.Painting for Photographers Volume 2 is around her 9th or 10thPainter book, including the manuals.Karen traditionally published the first printed Painter magazine,Artistry, and the first Painter ezine, Artistry Tips and Tricks. Karen'sPainter tutorials have appeared in many publications includingSBS Design, PEI magazine, Professional Photographers magazine andRangefinder. She also creates Painting for Photographers videos andDVD's and Kindle articles for painting photos in Painter and Photoshop.Karen has taught and demo'd Painter for over 20 years all over theUnited States at just about every venue there is, including thenational Professional Photographers of America (PPA) convention,local PPA affiliates and PPA schools; WPPI; American Film Institute;Macworld; Seybold; and SIGGRAPH. She has taught Painter at manycompanies and schools, including Disney, American Greetings andthe New School for Social Research in New York.Karen also leads her popular Artistry Retreats, where professionalphotographers and hobbyists learn the art lessons and the Paintersteps to turn portrait and landscape photos into paintings.Karen paints portraits both directly for clients and for photographersto sell to their clients and her abstract art has been exhibited inNew York's prestigious Chelsea section, in Los Angeles and duringArt Basel Miami. Karen's paintings are held in private collectionsaround the world.Her websites are artistrymag.com andkarensperling.com.