The Painter 7 Wow! Book Book

Wow! It's not just a clever title. If you can look at any of The Painter 7 Wow! Book's 400 pages and not utter the title exclamation then you need to get your eyes, or your head, tested. The range and quality of the digital art on display is simply gobsmacking. Whether you're new to Painter, making the transition from traditional to digital media or an old hand looking for new ideas, what's on offer here will simply blow you away. Cher Threinen-Pendarvis, herself an accomplished Painter artist, has enlisted the help of dozens of talented professional illustrators and designers to show what can be done with the latest version of the natural-media painting program. The contributors' work is used to demonstrate a multitude of techniques, from coloured woodcuts and watercolours to pastels and oils. The styles covered ranged from Dennis Orlando's impressionist paintings to the photorealistic natural history illustrations of Karen Carr and David Purnell's medical illustrations. There are chapters on "Selections, Shapes and Masks", "Using Layers" and "Exploring Special Effects", but the starting point is more often a particular illustration style or technique rather than an application feature. In addition to detailed step-by-step guidance, the book is crammed with tips detailing additional aspects of a particular tool or feature, or providing further explanation of a particularly tricky technique. The Painter 7 Wow! Book is an absolute must-have for anyone who makes their living, or simply paints for pleasure, using Painter 7. --Ken McMahonRead More