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The Photoshop and Painter Artist Tablet Book Second Edition Creative Techniques in Digital Painting Using Wacom and the Ipad the Photoshop and Painter Artist Tablet book second edition Creative Techniques in Digital Painting Using Wacom and the iPad “This book is the art class you never took and wish you had.” —Bert Monroy, artist, author, and teacher From the best-selling author of The Painter Wow! Book Cher Threinen-Pendarvis the Photoshop and Painter Artist Tablet book Creative Techniques in Digital Painting Using Wacom and the iPad Cher Threinen-Pendarvis Peachpit Press The Photoshop and Painter Artist Tablet Book, Second Edition Cher Threinen-Pendarvis www.pendarvis-studios.com Peachpit Press www.peachpit.com To report errors, please send a note to [email protected] Peachpit Press is a division of Pearson Education. Copyright © 2014 Cher Threinen-Pendarvis Peachpit Press editor: Karyn Johnson Cover design: Mimi Heft Cover illustration: Cher Threinen-Pendarvis Book design, art direction, and layout: Cher Threinen-Pendarvis Technical Editor: Jennifer Lynn Copyeditor: Jennifer Lynn Proofreader: Linda Seifert Indexer: Joy Dean Lee Production and prepress manager: Jonathan Parker Production editor: Tracey Croom This book was set using the Minion and Helvetica families. It was written and composed in Adobe InDesign CS3. Final output was computer to plate at Courier Kendallville, Kendallville, Indiana. Notice of Rights: All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechani- cal, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. For information on get- ting permission for reprints and excerpts, contact [email protected]. Notice of Liability The information in this book is distributed on an “as is” basis, without warranty. While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of the book, neither the author nor Peachpit shall have any liability to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by the instructions contained in this book or by the computer software and hardware products described in it. Trademarks Many of the designations used by manufacturers and sellers to distinguish their products are claimed as trademarks. Where those designations appear in this book, and Peachpit was aware of a trademark claim, the designations appear as requested by the owner of the trademark. All other product names and services identified throughout this book are used in editorial fashion only and for the benefit of such companies with no intention of infringement of the trademark. No such use, or the use of any trade name, is intended to convey endorsement or other affiliation with this book. ISBN-13: 978-0-321-90335-8 ISBN-10: 0-321-90355-8 Printed and bound in the United States of America. To our Creator, from whom all inspiration comes. To my husband, Steven, for his friendship and love. To my mother, Wanda, my father, Claude, and my brother, Larry. — Cher Threinen-Pendarvis Acknowledgments he Photoshop and Painter Artist Tablet Book, Second My special thank you goes to Ted Nace and Linnea TEdition would not have been possible without a great Dayton for giving me the opportunity to publish my first deal of help from some extraordinary people and sources. book, The Painter Wow! Book, twenty years ago. This book was in progress for a year—and it was a won- A big thank you goes to the wonderful folks at Wacom derful journey. for their incredible pressure-sensitive tablets that help us Heartfelt thanks go to my special friend and colleague artists unlock the creative power of Painter and Photo- Linnea Dayton, who brainstormed with me during the shop. Sincere thanks goes to Hope Hadduck for her sup- first edition book development process. My warmest port of the project and to Douglas Little and Don Varga thanks also go to my longtime artist friend Bert Monroy, for their support. Special thanks go to Darren Higgins for writing such a wonderful foreword for the book. for his stunning photographs of the Wacom tablet and A special thank you goes to the talented designer John pen that are shown in Chapter 3. A warm thank you also Odam, for his inspiration and friendship. John designed goes to the Wacom folks that I’ve enjoyed working along- the clever sidebar icons and also gave helpful critiques of side at the trade shows and conferences—Peter Deitrich, the early book cover designs. Warmest thanks go to my Weston Maggio, and the rest of the Wacom team. gifted photographer friend Melinda Holden for her beau- My warmest thanks go to the brilliant creators of tiful photographs of my studio and location painting. Painter—Mark Zimmer, Tom Hedges, and John Derry— I’d like to thank my co-workers “behind the scenes” on for creating such an incredible program. The Photoshop and Painter Artist Tablet Book team. I’m My sincere thank you goes to Stephen Bolt and Andy grateful to Jennifer Lynn for her helpful technical reads Church, the User Interface Designer and Product Man- and copy editing. Warmest thanks go to Linda Seifert for ager for Painter, and to Tanya Lux, the Senior Product her detailed proofreading, Joy Dean Lee for her careful Marketing Manager, for their support. I’m also grateful indexing, and production manager Jonathan Parker for to Project Manager Lee Genereau and the Painter devel- his thorough production and prepress expertise. opment team: Christopher Tremblay, Vladmir Makarov, Sincere thanks go to my friends and colleagues at Caroline Suave, Pascal Becheiraz, Alex Piasko, Andrew Peachpit Press. The inspiration for this book came to Carmichael, Rina Fougere, Ruby Quesnel, Melanie me several years ago. A special thank you goes to Nancy Becker, and the rest of the team. Ruenzel for understanding my vision and for her support My special thanks go to the great people at Adobe— of the book. My warmest thanks go to Karyn Johnson for Tom and John Knoll, Mark Hamburg, Chris Cox, and to her advice through the development of the project and to Jerry Harris (PixelPaint co-creator and creator of the Brush the rest of the publishing team for their support. Thank engine in Photoshop), and to the rest of the team for creat- you very much, Peachpit, for giving me the opportunity ing such an awesome program. Sincere thanks go to the to write this book. other people at Adobe who were supportive of this book. iv My warm thank you goes to Dan Steinhardt and all thanks goes to our grand-nephew Brady and grand-niece of the folks at Epson for their scanner and color printers Brooke who loaned me their colorful wooden trains so that were helpful for testing printmaking techniques. that I could use them for reference when painting The Thank you to all of our inspiring artist friends, col- Three Trains illustration for Chapter 10. Warm thanks leagues, and family: Carol Benioff; Mary, Bob, and goes to our nieces Paige and Bryn, grand-niece Morgan Brittany Envall; Ken and Robert Goldman; Rick and and grand-nephew Jake, whose colorful artwork deco- Joelle Geist; Drew and Susannah Bandish; David Lucas; rates our kitchen and brings us smiles. A warm acknowl- Dr. Walter Munk and family; David Murline and family; edgment goes to Jenna Klein and Armand Barolotti, two Glenn and Heidi Hening; Glenn Sakamoto; Jamie Welsh very talented young friends. You have a wonderful life Watson; Dirk and Maria Brandts; Bruce and Morgan ahead of you. Cowan; Jon, Rosa and Sydney Wegener; Michele Jacquin A heartfelt thank you to these special “co-workers:” to and Jim; Janine Reese Packett; Annie Wynhausen; Mark my husband, Steve, for his loving encouragement and pa- Snovell; Thomas Threinen and family; Linnea and Paul tience; and to our cats, Sable and Marika, the close com- Dayton; Jack and Jill Davis; Bert Monroy and Zosia; panions who keep me company in the studio. (Sable and Sharon Steuer and Jeff; Mark and Mary Zimmer; John, Marika provided me with [sometimes] welcome inter- Pam, and Logan Derry; Chelsea Sammel and Peter; Kathy ruptions that caused me to take breaks, by volleying their Hamon; Claude Szwimer; Jean-Luc Touillon; Lynda toy mouse onto my desk so we could play fetch.) Warm- Weinman, Bruce, and Jaimie; Tanya Staples and Matt; est thanks go to my brother Larry Stanhope, my aunt and Rick and Alice Champagne; Katrin Eismann and John; uncle Natalie and John Stanhope, my cousins Cathy and Pedro Meyer; Renata and Mario Spiazzi; Richard and Naomi, my sister-in-law Joy Young and dear friends Lisa Rita Cefalu; Mike and Susan Hickey; Valentine Ching Jr. Baker, Susan Bugbee, Elaine Chadwick, Skip Frye, Libby and family; Jan Sunn Carrea and family; John Clark; Bud Goodman, Don Jolley, Linda King, Julie Klein, Elizabeth Scelsa; Larry and Michaelanne Gephart; Stevie, Betsy and Meyer, Anna Trent Moore, Mary Mills, and Andrea Amber Lis; Jeff Ching; Tom and Jenny Wolverton; Eric Siedsma, who shared sincere encouragement and prayers. and Amy Huffman; Marshall Myrman; Marcus and Lori Thanks for checking in with me while I worked and for Hale; Julie Roulette and Dane Perlee; Mike, Pam, April, the fun lunch breaks that we shared in the water at our and Kai Casey; and other friends and family. I love you all. favorite surf spots. My sincere thank you goes to my inspiring art profes- Finally, I would like to thank all the other family, sors, Professor Daryl Groover, Dr. Paul Lingren, and Dr. friends, and colleagues who have been so patient and Jean Swiggett. Thank you for encouraging my work. understanding during the development of this book. My heartfelt thanks goes to our Pendarvis and Stanhope families for their support and love. Special v About the Author and Artist Hand-working a digital print of Path to Water, North using soft pastel n award-winning artist and author, Cher Threinen- has also brought her closer to her community in San A Pendarvis has always worked with traditional art Diego, where she has lived most of her life, because of her tools.
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