Synopses & Reviews
Digital Collage and Painting proudly showcases the work of twenty-one talented digital artists. Each artist walks you through the creation of a piece of their art and lets you in on their secrets about equipment, software, favorite papers, and how their creative process begins. The artists included are: < br=""> < br=""> Audrey Bernstein< br=""> Paul Biddle< br=""> Leslye Bloom < br=""> Stephen Burns< br=""> Luzette Donohue< br=""> Katrin Eismann< br=""> Paul Elson< br=""> Steven Friedman< br=""> Ileana Fr??meta Grillo< br=""> Bill Hall< br=""> Julieanne Kost< br=""> Rick Lieder< br=""> Bobbi Doyle-Maher< br=""> Ciro Marchetti< br=""> Lou Oates< br=""> Cher Threinen-Pendarvis< br=""> James G. Respess< br=""> Fay Sirkis< br=""> Jeremy Sutton< br=""> Maggie Taylor< br=""> Pep Ventosa< br=""> < br=""> * Discover how the computer can be used to paint on photographs, incorporating other visual materials into images< br=""> *Learn from step-by-step examples for painting, collage, and panoramics < br=""> * The associated website contains the art samples used in the book so that you can practice the different techiques
Review
"Learn how to digitally paint on your photographs." - PC Photo, Oct. 2006
Review
The digital "alternative technique" book to help photographers take their imagery to the next level. Accompanied by a cool website.
Synopsis
Discover how the computer can be used to paint on photographs, incorporating other visual materials into images. "Digital Collage and Painting: Using Painter and Photoshop to Create Fine Art" explores technical aspects of aesthetic concerns of the new digital media as a medium for creative and imaginative work. Basic knowledge of Painter and Photoshop is needed. This book is both Mac and Windows based. Digital artists are looking to take their imagery to the next level and this book speaks to this hot topic.
* Discover how the computer can be used to paint on photographs, incorporating other visual materials into images
*Learn from step-by-step examples for painting, collage, and panoramics
* The associated website contains the art samples used in the book so that you can practice the different techiques
Synopsis
Digital Collage and Painting proudly showcases the work of twenty-one talented digital artists. Each artist walks you through the creation of a piece of their art and lets you in on their secrets about equipment, software, favorite papers, and how their creative process begins. The artists included are:
Audrey Bernstein
Paul Biddle
Leslye Bloom
Stephen Burns
Luzette Donohue
Katrin Eismann
Paul Elson
Steven Friedman
Ileana Frómeta Grillo
Bill Hall
Julieanne Kost
Rick Lieder
Bobbi Doyle-Maher
Ciro Marchetti
Lou Oates
Cher Threinen-Pendarvis
James G. Respess
Fay Sirkis
Jeremy Sutton
Maggie Taylor
Pep Ventosa
* Discover how the computer can be used to paint on photographs, incorporating other visual materials into images
*Learn from step-by-step examples for painting, collage, and panoramics
* The associated website contains the art samples used in the book so that you can practice the different techiques
Synopsis
Digital Collage and Painting proudly showcases the work of twenty-one talented digital artists. Each artist walks you through the creation of a piece of their art and lets you in on their secrets about equipment, software, favorite papers, and how their creative process begins. The artists included are: Audrey BernsteinPaul BiddleLeslye Bloom Stephen BurnsLuzette DonohueKatrin EismannPaul ElsonSteven FriedmanIleana Frometa GrilloBill HallJulieanne KostRick LiederBobbi Doyle-MaherCiro MarchettiLou OatesCher Threinen-PendarvisJames G. RespessFay SirkisJeremy SuttonMaggie TaylorPep Ventosa
* Discover how the computer can be used to paint on photographs, incorporating other visual materials into images*Learn from step-by-step examples for painting, collage, and panoramics * The associated website contains the art samples used in the book so that you can practice the different techiques
About the Author
Susan Ruddick Bloom is a Professor of Art and Chair of the Department of Art and Art History at McDaniel College in Maryland. She has a BFA and an MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art and is well known for both her traditional wet darkroom alternative processes and her digital darkroom work. Sue has been teaching digital classes since the beginning of Photoshop and has used a Mac from the very first one on the market (128K, with a screen the size of an index card). Trained in drawing, painting, and printmaking, she was at one time a courtroom artist for television and newspapers. Her painterly skills enhance her photographic ones, and her images frequently combine techniques. Sue’s work has been exhibited and collected widely.
Department Chair and Professor of Art at McDaniel College, MD, USA; Maine Photographic Workshop instructor
Table of Contents
Part I: Planning & Inspiration; Chapter One: Concept: What is a collage, montage, assemblage?; Chapter Two: Important Considerations Before you Begin;
Chapter Three: Inspiration; Part II: Step-by-Step Painting; Chapter Four: Painting in Photoshop with your photos; Chapter Five: Painting in Painter;