Hello,
I have a post talking about Eastern Water brushes, but a viewer asked for a link to a Webinar Karen Bonaker and myself did showing how to use these brushes. I decided it would be good idea to create a page for the brushes and this video.
Here is the link for the Eastern Water Webinar.
Here is the link for Eastern Water Brushes.
With Painter 12.1 we can install a library with the brushes or a category which can be installed in the Library of our choice.
Enjoy,
Skip
Hi Skip — I’m having trouble with getting this installed. I did watch the video and unzipped the folder according to your instructions. The Eastern Water seems to extract fine — when I look at it in Windows Explorer, all the brushes are there. But when I try to import the library and navigate to exactly the place I saw it on Explorer, I click on the “Eastern Water” folder and get a message of “No items match your search” within the folder.
I’d really like to use these brushes — what am I doing wrong?
Hi,
You used the words import the library. Are you using Painter 12.1 Brushes > Import > Brush Library? If that is the case, you cannot do it that way because the download file hasn’t been fixed for the Painter 12.1. I plan on converting all the files, but I haven’t done so, yet. If you want to install Eastern Water in its own library I’ll be happy to tell you how to do that, but first, you need to tell me if you are using Painter 12 or Painter 12.1…or an earlier version. Are you using a MAC or a PC and what is your operating system.
Thanks,
Skip
Sorry, I forget to include those important details. Painter 12.1, PC Windows 7.
Hi…
I just sent you the library file that can be used in Painter 12.1 to install the Eastern Water category in its own library. I included instructions with the email. It seemed simpler for me to do that. I’ll get to the other Brush Categories soon.
Hope this helps,
Skip
Skip, Please Send the Eastern Water Brushes for Painter 12.1 and instructions also.
Hi Kathi,
I plan to set them all up as a Painter 12 import, but it will be a little while before I get to it. I have been working on a Brush Management Primer that is taking a very long time to do. I hope to post that soon and then I can set up the brushes.
Thanks,
Skip
Hi Skip, I was watching your tutorial of these brushes and I was trying to follow along on my own computer when I realized… my tablet doesn’t support tilt! I have a Wacom Bamboo Pen and since it doesn’t support the tilt function automatically, I was wondering of there was a way I can do it manually through Painter 12. You’re brushes are beautiful and it would be a shame if I couldn’t use them to their full potential. Is there anything I can do besides buy a new tablet?
Thanks,
Nikki
Hi Nikki,
I don’t think I can be much help. I have never used a Wacom Bamboo, so I don’t know how it feels or handles Painter brushes. Not all of the brushes use tilt, some use bearing, and some use direction. But I do not know if these functions are supported by the Bamboo or not.
I know the Intuos tablets are expensive, but they really are fantastic. Wacom just came out with the Intuos 5, which means there will be a lot of folks upgrading and might want to sell their Intuos 4 or 3 at a bargain price. IF at all possible, do try to get a 4, it is so much better than a 3.
That being said, I have had students take my classes using a Bamboo and I couldn’t tell the difference in their work and the work of others using a different model. I even had one student who did everything with her mouse and it looked great. How she did it, I do not know. I think what I am trying to say is that if you practice and play with making brush marks, you will be able to get the Bamboo to work for you.
Good luck and sorry I couldn’t give you better information,
Skip
I have just re-started using Painter after many years. Luckily I came across your tutorials quickly and am really very happy. Thanks Skip. I intend to be your student for a long time. I enjoyed the tuturial very much on Eastern brushes. You mentioned that we could down load your colour pallette. I appreciate you must have spent a lot of time building this but would be really glad if you could let me have access so that I can start quickly practicing. So, question is how do I access this or what principles should I think of in making my own pallettes?
Hi Rob,
I hardly use that palette any longer…I have way too many of them now. I am very glad to hear that the site is useful for you. I sent the palette to you via your email above.
Have fun,
Skip
Hi Rob,
I tried to send the mixer pad to the address listed, but it was returned. Sorry, but that is the only way to send to you. If you can provide a workable email address, I’ll be glad to try again.
Skip
Dear Skip,
Really love your Eastern Water brushes, I’m Chinese myself so I can see many of your brushes really captured the essence of Chinese Ink Wash painting, in my very uneducated eyes at least!
Is there any way to purchase your course material where you teach painting with your brushes? The digitalartacedemy website seems to be down now?
regards,
Jia ZHU
Hi Jia,
I’m glad you like the brushes. I just checked on Digital Art Academy’s website and it was working fine. I’m sorry it was down; I didn’t realize it. Please try again. My Brush making class is available, but I don’t have anything currently teaching the use of Eastern Water. I think I have a webinar on the blog that shows me using Eastern Water, but I couldn’t find it. I’ll check again later today and let you know.
Thanks for visiting and commenting,
Skip
Found it. The video I was thinking about is located on the Eastern Water download page. It was a webinar Karen and I did for an Open Studio Class in 2010. I do not believe that class is available any more.
Skip
Hi Skip,
many thanks for the prompt reply!
Yeah I have already watched your Webinar about Eastern Water and that’s what got me so hooked by your material! In that webinar I think Karen mentioned that there will be courses to paint bamboo etc., I suppose at the DAA, and hence my original question.
I checked again and DAA is still inaccessible for me, both from work and from home. Strangely enough, last Saturday when I first checked, it was working fine, but then stopped working on Sunday. I’m accessing it from Austria and I found that the domain name cannot be resolved, so it might be some problem with the domain name provider?
After so many years I finally decided to get serious learning Painter, and your place seems such a wonderful place to start, because it eliminates a lot of the beginning frustration and really put the fun back into learning, thank you so much!
By the way, last weekend I made my first two paintings ever using your Eastern Water brushes and posted at deviant art, I’m so proud because I didn’t have any drawing/painting background before, and just started recently to learn into the whole thing. http://xeethra.deviantart.com/
Thank you again for providing such wonderful resource to the world, so that even a layman like myself can start feeling “creative”:D
regards,
Jia ZHU
Hi…
Yes, the webinar was done during a class and the following week’s subject matter was painting bamboo. That particular class is not available.
There is some problem with the connection to DAA from Austria. I didn’t notice the Vienna address when you first posted. Someone had the same problem and found away around it, but now I don’t remember who. I’ll try to find it, but there are so many comments, it is hard to keep track.
I’m glad you are having fun learning Painter. It is great fun for me, too. I continue to learn new things with Painter.
Wow! I looked at your two paintings and am very impressed. I can understand why you are proud. I have seen a lot of first time paintings in this style. I would not have thought these were your first attempts. Did you learn how to write Chinese characters? The way I have seen people hold their brushes for writing would work well with a stylus and a digital tablet. Do search You Tube for demos of traditional Chinese Painting. It is a good way to learn, but you do have to adapt what you see to the digital world. I also researched Sumi-e Paintings.
You are well on your way…congratulations on those first paintings…outstanding,
Skip
Thanks a lot for your kind words!
Alright, I’ll try to find a way to access DAA, maybe by using a proxy. Would there be any possibilities to purchase past course materials?
Yeah I sure know how to hold the brush in Chinese caligraphy, but not really good at it, never tried to hold a stylus that way though, will try it out:D
Do you paint this way?
regards,
Jia ZHU
Yes, most of the time I do. But I haven’t had any training and just try to mimic the way I see it done on You Tube. It appears that the brush is held the same with Chinese calligraphy and Chinese paintings. I have never tried any of it traditionally…just digitally. Skip
Thanks for the link to this video, Skip. Great stuff and I’m becoming hooked on this style. I love the one stroke aspect of it and it feels a bit like the decorative/Folk Art painting I am used to compared to the more fine art approach of my recent classes.
Like Jia ZHU I would like to take that Sumi-E class at DAA. Give Karen a nudge, who cares if it was in Painter 11. I still have that version if necessary, lol.
Enjoy the rest of the weekend,
Debbie