Karen Sperling Presents the "Artistry Retreat in New York City."

Just in time for the holidays--learn to turn your photos into paintings in Corel Painter and use them for holiday cards, gifts and stocking stuffers!

After the 3-day Artistry Retreat you will be up and running in Painter!

Taught by author, artist, photographer and original Painter expert, Karen Sperling (she wrote the first Painter manual), The Artistry Retreat gives you not just the Painter steps. You also learn the art concepts for turning photos into paintings in Painter. Art concepts include things like how to know if a photo is even a good candidate to be turned into a painting in Painter and how to choose colors.

And with Painter's new Auto-Painting palette shortcuts, it's quicker than ever to get good results turning your photos into paintings in Painter!

Photographers return to their studios and begin selling portraits as soon as they return home from the Artistry Retreat!

The Artistry Retreat covers both portraits and landscapes, and many styles are shown, including watercolors, oils and pastels.

Visit this page for more information: http://www.artistrymag.com/docs/classes.html

Meanwhile, photographers who can't leave their studios can benefit from the Artistry Retreat information by reading Artistry Tips and Tricks e-zine.

The October 2006 issue of Artistry Tips and Tricks features step-by-step tutorials for painting in the style of Edgar Degas. The November 2006 issue covers how to paint horse portraits. All the issues include information for turning photos into paintings in Painter.

Visit this page for information about all issues of Artistry Tips and Tricks: http://www.artistrymag.com/docs/tipsall.html

Contact Karen Sperling at ksperling@aol.com or 818-981-2803 for more information about the Artistry Retreat.