Claudia Salguero http://claudiasalguero.com/blog Art and music Tue, 15 May 2012 15:44:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Canciones de Amor. National Arts Center, April 2012 http://claudiasalguero.com/blog/2012/05/canciones-de-amor-national-arts-center-april-2012/ http://claudiasalguero.com/blog/2012/05/canciones-de-amor-national-arts-center-april-2012/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 15:44:46 +0000 claud28 http://claudiasalguero.com/blog/?p=778 Beautiful night with the best audience and musicians!

Thank you to all of you, to Juan Luis for his support and specially to my daughter Sofi for her love and voice.

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“Claudia Salguero Studio & Gallery”

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- Click on the image to see more Claudia’s Corel Painter creations -

COREL PAINTER 12 FOR BEGINNERS

by Corel Painter Master Claudia Salguero

Learn how to transform your photographs into paintings by using and expanding your creativity to unexpected levels with Corel Painter.

Painter is a software created by artists for artists. It is an intuitive and sensible tool that allows you to emulate traditional media and combine it with amazing digital tools taking you to unlimited and unimagined levels of creativity and expression.

As a Corel Painter Master, I will guide you through Painter providing you with the knowledge and resources to create digital images with balanced composition, artistic expression and unlimited digital artistic possibilities. As a fine-artist I will also guide you through the process of enhancing you creations by hand, working with real brushes on the physical canvas.

No previous painting experience is required.

 

PAINTER 12 WORKSHOP CALENDAR:

 

Painter 12 for beginners

-May 10 – 13

-Oct 18 – 21

 

Workshop schedule:

Day 1:  1:00 to 5:00pm

Day 2, 3 and 4:  9:00 am to 5:00 pm

 

Fee: $ 750 

 

Location: CLAUDIA SALGUERO STUDIO & GALLERY, Ottawa ON, Canada.

Registration on a first come, first serve basis. Space is limited to 8 students per class.

For motivation and a better idea of the Painter creative process, visit my web site website at www.claudiasalguero.com, click on “Claudia on TV” and watch “CTV REGIONAL CONTACT” and “ROGERS OTTAWA LIVING” featuring my art creations using Painter.

 

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION

You will learn:

  • How to set up Painter and your Wacom tablet for optimum efficiency, creativity and personal preferences.
  • How to manage you workflow to keep your files organized and available.
  • How to install, explore, choose, control and customize brushes, palettes and art materials.
  • How to use cloning capabilities.
  • Give life to your painting through the use of papers, textures, layers and colors beyond cloning capabilities.
  • Increase the richness in color and texture through use of tone, value, saturation, focus, and contour sharpness.
  • How to use and understand the new Painter 12 interface (Painter 12 workshop)
  • How to use the Corel Painter 12 new features: Mirror painting, Kaleidoscope magic tools, real watercolor and wet oil tools, and more.
  • How to transform your photograph into an artwork using Painter traditional media tools.
  • In a few words: how to create amazing art from photographs using tools that literally go beyond reality…!

 

Workshop includes:

Your own creation printed on canvas.

Gallery bars for canvas stretching.

Acrylics and brushes provided for hands-on experience.

 

DAY 1

Introduction to Painter 12 and set up

The Wacom tablet

Corel Painter Interface

Customizing Painter

Exploring tools

 

DAY 2

The creative process part 1

Selection of a photo

The story behind the image

Composition- Color theory

Creating/ personalizing brushes and papers

Creating the basic image: Cloning, Under-painting

 

DAY 3

The creative process part 2

Creativity and expression

Color making

Lights and shadows

The magic of layers: transforming/combining

Color enhancement. Special effects

 

DAY 4

The stroke-by-stroke hands-on experience

Learn how to stretch your canvas on bars.

Learn how to enhance your printed creation with real acrylic brushes. And do it!

 

What to bring:

  • Computer: a Mac or a Windows, laptop or desktop PC. Mac OS X or Windows XP or Vista, with as much RAM as you can afford (at least 500 MB recommended) and at least 5 GB free hard drive space recommended to store your data.
  • Corel Painter 12 software installed and working in your computer. (For purchase, upgrades or trial downloads visit www.corel.com).
  • Wacom tablet (Intuos or Bamboo models will work) 6 x 8 inches or bigger. Please install the latest Wacom driver, which you can download from www.wacom.com.
  • Digital photos that you’d like to transform into paintings.  Recommended formats: jpg, tiff, or psd.  Recommended size: Minimum 5 x 7 inches 300 dpi.
  • Your meals/diet: Participants are responsible for their own meals/diet. Kitchen facilities are available.  Coffee, tea and snacks provided.

 

CLAUDIA SALGUERO STUDIO & GALLERY

Tel (613)680-4560

claudia@claudiasalguero.com

www.claudiasalguero.com

 

MORE WORKSHOPS!

Painter 11 for beginners

-May 15 – 18

 

PRIVATE  LESSONS

For those who prefer personal training

Painter 12 or Painter 11

Fee:  $120/hour

 

Please contact Claudia to get your Registration Form, Pay Pal payment instructions and accommodation information if needed.

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Workshops in English and Spanish available. Click on the image to learn more…

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After three sold-out shows in 2011, I will return to the Fourth Stage with my new show “Canciones de Amor with Claudia Salguero” a new selection of love songs from Latin America.

Ensemble: Sylvio Modolo (Brazil) – Piano / Israel Martinez (Mexico) – Guitar / Alvaro de Minaya (Chile) – Percussion / Humberto Fernandez (Cuba) – Bass / Jasmin Lalande (Canada) – Sax / Juan Luis Vasquez (Chile) Second Percussion
Background vocals: Sofia Serje (Colombia) / Shay Hunt (Canada)

NAC Website: http://nac-cna.ca/en/community/event/2343

YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/user/JLVasquez1#p/u/1/nWzt3CfDZJY

National Arts Center, 4th Stage April 17, and 18th 2012.

Tickets on sale now:

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“Winterlude 2012. Ice Carving Competition”

From WINTERLUDE 2012. The winners!, posted by Claudia Salguero Art on 2/20/2012 (20 items)

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After three sold-out shows in 2011, I will return to the Fourth Stage with my new show “Canciones de Amor with Claudia Salguero” a new selection of love songs from Latin America.

Ensemble: Sylvio Modolo (Brazil) – Piano / Israel Martinez (Mexico) – Guitar / Alvaro de Minaya (Chile) – Percussion / Humberto Fernandez (Cuba) – Bass / Jasmin Lalande (Canada) – Sax / Juan Luis Vasquez (Chile) Second Percussion
Background vocals: Sofia Serje (Colombia) / Shay Hunt (Canada)

NAC Website: http://nac-cna.ca/en/community/event/2343

YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/user/JLVasquez1#p/u/1/nWzt3CfDZJY

National Arts Center, 4th Stage April 17, and 18th 2012.

Tickets on sale now:

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