I am continuing to explore watercolor and rice paper in Painter 2023. I guess we can shorten the name to Painter 2023, since Corel no longer owns the product. Painter is owned by Alludo currently. Whatever…doesn’t affect us directly. Anyway, the watercolor. I struggled with this one, for some reason. I never print so I usually paint a a low resolution of 100 ppi. But I am thinking the images will look much better at a higer resolution. I’ll let you know when I do a few more paintings at a higher resolution.
These are a couple of examples of watercolors done with Rice Paper in Corel Painter 2023. A couple were done while making the papers. First one is called Loose Arrangement and was the one done after papers were finished.
The next one is called Free Form and was done while perfecting the rice papers. I used watercolor and liquid ink.
The final one was also done while producing the papers. It is called Rice Paper Landscape.
Happy belated Valentine! I had planned to post this on Valentine’s Day. Oh well, win some lose some as they say.
I do have some papers and paper scripts to give you. The papers are rice papers and I love them. Have a look at a couple of them.
RP Wt. Strings Texture
RP Dark Texture
Here are a few examples of the images using the papers. Three iris on RP Dark Texture.
Abandoned on RP Granular
Banboo on RP Fabric Nap
Watch this video to learn about the papers and the Paper script library.
And this video is a demonstration of a painting using one of the papers.
And here are the downloads for paper and paper library. These files are zipped and will need to be unzipped before installation in Painter. Be aware that some browsers unzip automatically, and if that happens, you will not need to unzip a second time.
This one is called “Almost Three.” I love working with the inky blacks, but lately I have been wanting to add color to the images. I add color and paint, but when nearly finished, I switch to adding color through various digital methods. I am also making some rice papers, which are not finished. When done, I will post an updatted version. Enjoy
Very quickly done image in Corel Painter 2023. I like working in several media in Corel. Working digitally makes it easy. This image is a combination of watercolor and liquid ink. At the end, I used a cool feature called Interactive Gradient.
No tutorials this time; I am just sharing some recent work.
I am a bit out of practice, but I do love the sumi-e style. Watercolor in Painter 2023 using some of my custom brushes.
I call this style landscape abstracts. I want the simplest brush work possible but expressing a lot of content. I want the viewer to have participation in discovering their own landscape.
This last one I was trying to get a good emulation of traditional watercolor and a more traditional approach to painting in Painter 2023. I was pleased with the effort.
I reviewed what I had done for the new features of Painter 2023 and realized I had finished. There have been numerous requests for tutorials about watercolor in Painter. This post is exactly that…tutorials about watercolor in Corel Painter 2023. I will be working in Painter 2023 and the resources that I make available will be compatible with 2023.
Let’s get started. The first three videos talk about using Selections with watercolor. Since selections are enhanced in 2023, I thought this was a good place to start.
Selection Videos
I am going to provide the brushes I used in the tutorials. This next series of videos concern the brushes and how to use them.
Brush Tutorials
This tutorial has some of the same information given in the Selection Tutorials, but I felt it was good to review.
The next series of videos demonstrate painting with watercolor in Corel Painter 2023.
Painting One
The next tutorials will show demonstrate this painting.
Video link
The next series of videos demonstrate this second painting.
Painting Two
This is the next tutorial. Sadly, I was focused on the painting and did the whole thing in one video. Sorry for the length of the video.
Final painting and tutorial
Painting Three
Final tutorial painting
Following is a box file with all the brushes I used in the demonstrations. To install a box file, open Painter and go to Menu > Window > Custom Palette > Organizer and select import. Go to you saved box file and select it. The file will be installed in painter as a new brush category under the active Brush Library. Enjoy.
Following is the Paper Scripts Library that I used. To install, open Painter, got to Menu > Window > Scripts and select the three lines in the top right corner. From the menu, select Import Script Library, then navigate to your saved file and select it. If you are having problems, you might be importing Script instead of Script Library.
OK, we have looked at the stuff that needs to be done before you start painting in Corel Painter. In my attempt to show you how I learn a new version of Corel Painter, Series Two will be looking at the new Fluid Brushes. I usually look at the description in the Help Files of what is new in the version. Then I jump in and start playing. Join me in my exploration of Corel Painter 2023’s new Fluid Brushes.
Fluid Brushes – First look
Fluid Brushes – 2nd Look
Fluid Brushes – 3rd Look
Fluid Brushes – 4th Look
Fluid Brushes – 5th Look
Fluid Brushes – 6th Look
Fluid Brushes – 7th Look
Fluid Brushes – 8th Look – I know – I said the seventh video was the last in this series, but I forgot about merge modes – this video takes care of it.
OK…give me a couple of days and I will have series three up. I hope you enjoy the videos. Please like on You tube and subscribe. If these videos are helpful, consider making a donation.
Corel Painter 2023 was released in June. Do you have your copy yet? Download your copy here!
It’s been a year since I last posted. Since April 2021, my life was difficult, but I think I see light at the end of the tunnel. I have been on sabbatical from Corel Painter, classes, and everything else. I am still on sabbatical, but I am gradually returning to life as normal.
As you know, I usually offer a class on the new Painter every year, but not this year. However, I do want to share what I know about the new version…or at least how I learn a new version of painter. This entry as well as the next few will focus on what I do to learn a new version of Corel Painter. I hope you enjoy the videos and if they are useful, please like them on You Tube and subscribe here and You Tube. Please feel free to comment and ask questions. And if the videos are especially useful, consider hitting the donation button.
I am dividing the information into series. The first series concerns opening painter for the first time and creating new workspaces and layouts. The following two suggestions are highly recommended:
Before you open Painter for the first time, hold down the shift key and then open painter with the shift key activated. This is called a Shift Start and gives you an opportunity to set all workspaces back to the factory default settings. Then make sure you do not have anything open in the background before you run Painter’s brush performance accelerator.
Create a workspace and layout from scratch. Yes, you can still import a workspace from an older version, but the possibility of a glitch happening is very high. The versions are more and more complex. Taking an hour or two and creating a new workspace is a very good idea.
If you are familiar with Painter’s workspaces and layouts, then feel free to skip this first series of videos. However, you may find the review useful. I will Shift Start, run the brush performance accelerator, and create a new workspace and layout from scratch. Enjoy the videos, Skip
Corel Painter 2023, Series One, The Setup
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OK…that’s all there is to setting up Corel Painter 2023. I hope you enjoyed the videos.
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