I was recently interviewed by Patricia Meisels for Splash Magazine regarding my Artists' Brushes for Photoshop CS5. We discussed the Artists' Brushes, plus some of the thinking that goes into brush creation.
I'm pleased to announce that my latest training title, Photoshop CS5: Painting with the Mixer Brush, is now available for viewing at lynda.com. The underlined chapter segments on the title page can be viewed for free. Subscription information is available at lynda.com.
Course Description: Join John Derry, a pioneer in the field of digital painting, as he shows how to master the natural-media painting features introduced in Photoshop CS5 in Photoshop CS5: Painting with the Mixer Brush. This course shows how to use the Mixer Brush, the Bristle Tips feature, and a new mechanism for blending colors in Photoshop to add beautiful, painterly effects to photographs, enhance artwork with paint-like strokes and illustrations, and paint entirely new art from scratch. This course also covers customizing brush characteristics and surface textures, applying keyboard shortcuts to paint smoothly and efficiently, and using a Wacom tablet to get the most out of Photoshop CS5’s painting features. Exercise files are included with the course.
Topics Include: Understanding the axes of motion with a Wacom tablet Choosing a brush shape and Bristle Tip Adjusting brush angle Loading color and control the behavior of the Mixer Brush Modifying surface texture Simulating the texture of canvas Saving tool presets for brushes Creating a painting from a photograph Painting from scratch with the Mixer Brush
Arabesque is a test image I created with some new Photoshop CS5 brushes that I'm developing. These brushes are focused specifically on dry media like chalk, charcoal, and pastels, with an emphasis on surface texture.
If you would like to be notified when these brushes will be available, Send me an email.
I've completed a lynda.com video training title covering Photoshop CS5's Mixer Brush last month in Ventura, CA. The title, Photoshop CS5: Painting with the Mixer Brush, will cover the mechanics of adjusting the Mixer Brush and its companion feature, Bristle Tips. These new additions to Photoshop CS5 enable natural-media style brushes that mimic traditional oils and acrylics. I've included a lot of tips and tricks for creating your own brushes, as well as provide sample starter brushes.
A release date has not been announced, but I heard from a little birdie that it will be out by summer's end.
John Derry is a pioneer of digital painting and one of the original authors of Corel® Painter™. Since 1985, he has leveraged his background in drawing and painting to advance the look and experience of traditional art-making tools on the computer. John has a master’s degree in painting from Cranbrook Academy of Art, is a practicing artist and photographer, and has two U.S. patents relating to expressive digital mark-making. In 2010, Adobe designated John as a Photoshop Painting Pioneer. John teaches digital painting workshops internationally and holds a Photographic Craftsman degree from Professional Photographers of America. John is a lynda.com author specializing in digital painting titles.
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