photoshop painting books

[pcheng00]

does anyone know any good books that focuses on painting in photoshop?I'm particularly interested in getting the same painting style as Robert Chang, which is really smooth. Appreciate the help

[CIM]

I think that Seegmiller recently released a book on painting in PS.

[emily g]

Yep, he did.

Here it is: amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1584503408/qid=1100676281/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/102-5241801-2233740?v=glance&s=books&n=507846)

He figured out a method to blend in Photoshop that doesn't involve the smudge tool. Very cool.

emily

[BeckyWC]

The Photoshop and Painter Artist Tablet Book: Creative Techniques in Digital Painting by Cher Threinen-Pendarvis due to be released Nov. 24th. You can pre-order through amazon and get it for 34% off.

Product Description:

As much art book as guide, The Photoshop and Painter Artist Tablet Book: Creative Techniques in Digital Painting uses traditional drawing and painting theory exercises, coupled with real-life projects, to show readers how they can use Painter and Photoshop with pressure-sensitive tablets to draw and paint with a computer. Award-winning artist and author Cher Threinen-Pendarvis shares her own drawings and paintings with the readers, sharing her creative thought processes and composition design secrets that she uses in her own work. In this gorgeous, large format, full-color book, Cher takes readers step-by-step through a variety of projects designed to improve their drawing, composition, and conceptual thought processes while exploring different uses of the many brushes available in Painter and Photoshop. Along the way, Cher shows readers how to set up a pressure-sensitive tablet and stylus; use mark-making tools in Photoshop and Painter; create tonal, gestural, and contour drawings with a pressure-sensitive tablet and stylus; incorporate scanned artwork into digital paintings; use photos as a reference for the illustrations; make creative use of color and ideas for composition design; translate traditional color theory to digital color tools; simulate canvas and paper; create mixed media; and more. All the concepts, processes, and projects in this book can be applied to readers' own drawings and paintings, and the lessons and examples demonstrated in this book are designed to work with the most current versions of Painter and Photoshop, as well as most earlier versions of the software. Readers looking for extra inspiration can visit the book's web site (www.peachpit.com/tabletbook) to download additional brushes, images, and textures.

I have pre-ordered and due to receive it by Nov. 30th. I also have Don Seegmiller's photoshop painting book.