Tutorial: Digital Painting with Photoshop

CGArena.com has published my new tutorial about how to paint realistic wildlife with Photoshop.

Tutorial: Paint a Portrait from Scratch

Digital Painting Tutorial: start with a line drawing and create a realistic color portrait.

Inspiration: Painting Faux-Historical Portraits

An exhibition of recent portraits of people dressed in historical costume. By yours truly!

Tutorial: Add Craquelure to Your Digital Oils

Download our new Photoshop pattern to create realistic Old Masters craquelure. We’ll show you how it’s done.

Review: New Books by James Gurney and 3D Total

A review of two new books for the digital artist on your Christmas list.

Inspiration: Some Favorite Digital Artists

It’s our 100th post! Time to sit back and enjoy some of my favorite digital images.

A Marketing Success Story: Art Paw

Art Paws, based in Dallas, TX, has been selling digital paintings of pets since 1998. Owner Rebecca Collins shares some of her marketing wisdom.

How to Handle Backgrounds in Fantasy Portraits

Learn about how to handle the background in your fantasy portrait. The devil is in the details!

Tutorial: How to Create Shiny Materials in Corel Painter

The secret to shine: learn what it takes to make metal, hair, or gemstones look shiny.

How to Add Sparkle to Your Corel Painter Portraits

Learn how to bring back sparkle and shine to a dark photograph, using Photoshop and Corel Painter.

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