Getting Started on Corel Painter

When I first opened Corel Painter I didn't have a clue what to do, but I found it helped a lot to just experiment with the different functions and tools and I found that I quickly began to pick up some of the basic functions.



Experimenting with brushes

Practising Using the Tablet

Before I started drawing I found it was very helpful to start by warming up. Here are some exercises I did before I begin to draw. These exercises are also very useful when you are new to using a tablet, even if you are a very experienced artist it can be very hard to get used to using tablets.



These are some examples of some good exercises to practise.

Another way of getting used to using a tablet is to trace an image. Here is an example of a tracing I have done to get better at using the tablet. I also changed the colours of the image to be blue.



My Set-up

I will be using a medium sized Wacom Bamboo Fun tablet on a laptop. The program I will be focusing on is Corel Painter Essentials 4.

Wacom Bamboo Fun

Introduction

This blog is about me learning how to use a graphics tablet to produce digital art. I will be posting about a variety of subjects and techniques as I learn and progress.