Impressions of Art with Fay Sirkis Feb 15-19, 2010 Jul 12-16, 2010	© Fay Sirkis

Members: $975 • Non-members: $1045 •
Prerequisites: Imaging Overview or equivalent experience

Space Limited to 10 participants.

Description

This workshop is for the Photographer, fine artist, and hobbyists, who wishes to create breathtaking, hand-painted looking works of art from their photographs, using Fays easier than ever signature style of Photo Painting!

Using Photoshop and Corel Painter, you will discover how to transform your Photographs of Portraits, Landscapes, Still life and more .... into paintings that simulate Oil, Watercolor, and more into paintings that replicate the traditional styles of the Old Masters and beyond.

You will learn the history of art and how to implement the techniques of the ages to create a digital masterpiece!

From retouching your images in Photoshop, in preparation for the painting, using the Digital Dark Room, to applying your paints and blending them in Corel Painter, your "Digital Art Studio" to the final printing process, including tips on preparing your images in Photoshop for the final perfect print, using Fays amazing technique of "SELECTIVE SHARPENING" that will make your final painting pop off your canvas, followed by tips on marketing your paintings! You will learn how to transform your photos into beautiful works of art!

If you love art and want to be able to use this creative technique to transform a Photo into a Painting, whether to create modern art or a classic portrait, this class is for you!

Included in this class are Fays "Master Brushes" created to help you achieve dramatic results in your digital paintings, to use in class, and take home at the end of the week. Fay's "Master Brushes" include, Rembrandt, Vermeer, Leonardo Da Vinci, Mary Cassatt, Edward Degas,  The Impressionists, Norman Rockwell, John Singer Sargent, Portrait Hair Brushes, Backgrounds, and some new suprises!
Come and take a "Photo Painting" Journey through Art History of the past,to the contemporary Digital art of today, and beyond.

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Biography

Fay Sirkis is an internationally-recognized portrait artist, photographer and instructor. She speaks at conferences and seminars both here in the US and in Europe.

She is a New York based contemporary digital artist, with a background in traditional fine art. She attended the Pratt School of Professional Studies in New York City, where she became certified in Graphic and Web Design. She also attended Rockhurst College CE in New York City for her certification in printing and pre-press.

Fay is on the advisory council of Corel Painter, and is a Beta tester for Adobe Photoshop and Corel Painter,and was instrumental in the launching of the latest releases of the programs. She is a Corel "Painter Master" and a "Canon Print Master"  whose work is featured in Corel's Art Gallery, as well as Canons. Her Paintings appear  in numerous ad campaigns for both Canon and Corel.

Fay is part of the "Dream Team" Instructors that teach at the Photoshop World Conferences. Her tutorials on "Photo Painting" have been featured on the cover of many magazines - , including Photoshop user ! She is now star of her own DVD , and has teamed up with NAPP to release her new 4 DVD series "A Celebration of Art"!

She is best known for her simplistic way of teaching, making the learning curve in the digital world easier to master! Her commissioned portraits and paintings are held in private collections internationally, and are exhibited in museums and art galleries. Fay is the founder of "Fays Art Studio," a high-end commission portrait painting studio, as well as a digital art training and consulting firm based in New York.

An accomplished Portrait Artist, Photographer and Instructor, Fay Sirkis provides her students with a simple recipe to transform photos into beautiful paintings! Learn how to paint like a master with Fay Sirkis as she shares the secrets and techniques behind her signature style of "photo painting"

To see more of Fay's work, please visit  www.faysartstudio.com.