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Back to Art,Work and Life!

Marilyn Sholin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:06:48 +0000

Hard to believe that so much time has passed since I wrote my last post but those of you on my newsletter emailing know that no dust has been settling under me. Been hard at work getting back to my art and life and preparing for the crazy month ahead of exciting travel and workshops and events. I’m off to Raleigh for the North Carolina State Convention for a few days to see old friends and make new ones and lay the groundwork for my October event in Blowing Rock. But before that there are all the Asheville Art Workshops and Italy and VEGAS BABY for WPPI. Instead of my telling you all about this and all the cool FREE Corel Painter brushes that are online now, I’ll just send you to the newsletter so you can get all the links,discounts and news yourself. Check out Digital Art Events and Freebies including Digital Painting Beginner Workshops in Asheville,NC.

Hope to see some of you at the upcoming events and looking forward to this exciting year!

Forever Asheville Painting Work in Progress

Marilyn Sholin — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:34:04 +0000

Working on a new digital/acrylic painting and I thought it would be fun to share the steps and give some hints and tips. I started with a reference photo that I took this past summer as I was walking past someones car. The idea that this truly represented Asheville, NC came to me immediately that it had the laid back feeling.

Original Capture

Now I needed to open it in Corel Painter 11 and I painted it with artist oils brushes looking to get as much of a brushstroke as possible into the painting. While I used the photo as photo reference it’s clear all the changes made to the painting as it is transforming into a painting.

After Painting in Corel Painter 11 with Artist Oil brushes

Next I felt it looked a little dull and needed some punching up. Opened the image in Photoshop and tested out a few TOPAZ FILTERS on it and ended up using something in TOPAZ ADJUST. This gave more detail and also punched up the colors. When I was finished with that I opened NIK SHARPENER 3.0 and did some sharpening on the painting to pop more of the brushstrokes so I know it will print well. If you want to check out these filters use the links to TOPAZ and when you check out put MSHOLIN into the coupon code and you will get a discount. Same with NIK filters. Coupon Code: MSHOLIN gets a discount on them.

Below is the final digital painting. Next step will be to add acrylic paint to the canvas. I will update this post and show the before and after paintings: the digital file vs the acrylic painted canvas. Final version will be Pigment Inks with Acrylic Paint.

Topaz Filters and Nik Sharpener Applied

You can find more discount codes and my recommendations on resources HERE

Two Special Digital Painting Webinairs!

Marilyn Sholin — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:50:20 +0000

Tonight (Monday June 1st) is a FREE webinair on the art of Auto Painting with Corel Painter 11.
It’s going to be a fun one and fast and furious.
You canREGISTER for free. But you MUST show up! It’s at 6pm PDT (PACIFIC). There will NOT be any recordings available from it and at the end there will be some very special offers that are only good for 24 hours! So be sure to register for the site and then to log into the webinair.

Next Monday June 8th there is a very special Webinair sponsored by the Digital Art Academy. It’s the BIG FACE OFF where I will teach how to paint faces three different ways! REGISTER for only $30.00! How much better can it get than that?

CLASS DESCRIPTION

After registration, click on Marilyn Sholin’s The Great Face Paint, register for the class and click on Please Confirm Your Registration.

Please also register a User name and password, and to sign up for the newsletter that will keep you informed about all the new classes and webinars at DAA!

Thank You Corel Painter Official Magazine for running one of my latest paintings
FULL PAGE THIS MONTH!
Part of my new set of “Asheville Life” paintings is “Waiting for the Sale” representing the
yearly Bele Chere Art Festival.

Beyond Digital Art Group at the Biltmore

Marilyn Sholin — Mon, 18 May 2009 12:19:29 +0000

Beyond Digital Art Group at the Biltmore, originally uploaded by marilynsholin.

Our great day out photographing at the Biltmore in Asheville with the Beyond Digital Art Workshop. Next years dates are May 1-6 2010. Come learn Infrared Photography and Digital Painting plus much more with Theresa Airey and myself.

Painter Workshops Dates for Asheville

Marilyn Sholin — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:06:16 +0000

Just in time for Spring and Summer. Come to a Painter Workshop either for advanced digital artists or for beginners! Corel Painter workshops in Asheville are a blast. We have so much fun and the weather is great in Spring and Summer.
Check out the pictures and videos on Flickr to see what it’s like here. We even have author and artist Theresa Airey coming for an amazing five day Infrared Workshop!

Digital Artists in North Carolina

Marilyn Sholin — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:27:41 +0000

There is a unique opportunity for you to be introduced to Corel Painter by a Corel Painter Master in Asheville.Time to learn how easy it is to start your painting digitally, print on canvas and then embellish and paint on top of them. If you have been avoiding learning Painter because you thought it was difficult, you are in for a surprise! With a hands on introduction made available to you by the Professional Photographers of America
Super Monday Event April 20th you can be using Painter by April 21st!
REGISTER at the PPA site.
Marilyn is also the best selling author of the “Art of Digital Photo Painting” published by LARK BOOKS. This book takes you step by step through digital painting tutorials and lessons and makes a great addition to your library. The book sold out it’s first printing in only a few short weeks and Amazon has sold out of it more than five times! If you can’t come to the Super Monday, buy the book and get started and then register for one of our Asheville Workshops or a Digital Paintbrush workshop near you!