Tutorial: Basic Portrait Painting Technique for Corel Painter
1. open the photo
create a “clone,”: File > Clone.
Wide Windows : Control-M
Simple layout: Window > Arrange Palettes > Default.
2. Select your brush and adjust the settings
brush icon > Acrylics
brush type > Captured Bristle.
Brush settings palette
: Size 30, Opacity 75, Grain 10, Resat 30.
3. Using the Clone Color function
activate Color wheel greyed out.”
Click the “rubber stamp”
File > Clone Source.
4. Paint the background using Captured Bristle brush
Save by File > Save. (*.psd)
check “Uncompressed”: check off “Save Alpha.”
5. Paint the skin using Painter’s Captured Bristle brush
settings: Size 16, Opacity 30%, Resat 20%.
Paint using short, circular “c” strokes
reduce the brush down to size 8 (eyes, nose)
6. Paint the lips with Captured Bristle
magnifying glass
Click on “B”
Reduce the Captured Bristle brush down to size 8 or so. Stroke along the creases, to lose detail and soften. Scrub on the whitish highlight area.
7. Paint the hair using the Flat Oils brush
Brush > Oils > Flat Oils 40
zooming out (Window > Zoom to fit)
Flat Oils brush: Size 35, Opacity 40, Resat 5, Bleed 0, Feature 4.6.
*Setting the Resat to such a low value is the key,
Reduce the brush size to paint the edges
8. You’ve done it!
