It’s been an exciting year and I have great plans for this new upcoming year 2008. I am now offering Digital Painting training with Corel Painter LIVE! Yes, live training is now possible.

I am offering one on one training, or group training in both English and Spanish.  If you are interested in learning about a specific subject you would like to learn about digital painting and Corel Painter, post a reply here to let me know and I will prepare the training you are looking for.

Can you imagine being able to interact live with your instructor (me) as I teach you digital painting and being able to watch live while I am painting, ask questions, and more?

Stay tuned as I will soon be posting here the training schedule and other details at My Online Meeting Room.

For the first time, I’ve been trying water-mixable oils. I chose Holbein’s Duo Aqua Oils just because I purchased a set instead of choosing colors individually since it was a test.

I was surprised that when these oils were mixed with just a small amount of water, they get really fluid, like watercolors. So it is great to do washes and under-painting and later use less water. They also dried much faster than regular oils, even when mixed with their water-mixable mediums. They also work better when mixed with medium. I used Winsor&Newton’s Artisan Water Mixable Linseed Oil since I couldn’t fine one from Holbein at the time of purchase and I didn’t wanted to wait. I wanted to start painting right away.

Below is the painting I did with these oils. It is not finished yet, but close:

Without medium, I found that you end up using too much paint to accomplish the same effect you would with less paint when mixed with it. The feeling is the same as with regular oil paint but with the added bonus that there is no mess cleaning up your brushes and work area. It’s a real blessing. Great for people with respiratory problems since there is no need for turpentine.

I finally managed to move my journal to it’s own domain but couldn’t export the comments from my old blog in order to import them here. So they had to be added one by one.

Oh well, feel free to comment here then. I get to export everything from my blog now for backup which it’s great news.

If you artists need blog space, I can host it for you. Your domain name will be something like: your_name.paintercreations.com. There are many themes to choose from. You can take a look here: themes

For more information, feel free to Email me.