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"Imagine taking a paint brush and dipping it into the Photograph, transforming pixels into brushstrokes, the result is Magical !!!
Using Adobe Photoshop CS4 and Corel Painter 11, with your Wacom Tablet , you will learn Fays latest workflow and techniques that will help you transform your photographs into beautiful Masterpieces.
Learn the process behind interpreting high key portraits into Watercolor paintings and low key images into Canvas Oil Paintings. From Rembrandt to Monet, from Photo realism to Impressionism, come explore the world of possibilities behind transforming your pictures into Oils, Watercolors, Acrylics, Chalks, and more ......
From retouching your images of Portraits, Landscapes and more in Photoshop,in preparation for the painting, to applying your paints and blending them in "Corel Painter", learn to Master your "Impressions of Art" !
This Seminar 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 !
About Fay
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's paintings are featured in numerous Canon brochures as well on the cover of the most recent Canon Printer brochure.
Fay is a Beta tester for Corel Painter, and was instrumental in the launching of Painter IX and X and Painter 11. Her work is featured in Corel's Painter Masters Art Gallery, as well as their numerous ad campaigns.
Fay is part of the "Dream Team" Instructors that teach at the National Association of Photoshop Professional's Photoshop World Conferences. Her tutorial on "Photo Painting" with Photoshop and Corel Painter was the featured article at Photoshop World Boston, and in the Photoshop User Magazine. 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 also 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 simple recipe's 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" !
Wednesday, June 17th. Time: 7:00 to 10:00 PM. Registration from 6:30 PM. Arrive early for good seats! Location: Hollywood Jaycees at I-95 and Hollywood Blvd. - see directions below.
PPGF Members: Free Non-members: $39 in advance, $49 at the door. Members of other Florida guilds: $19
Location : Hollywood Jaycees at I-95 and Hollywood Blvd Contact : Bill Hitz
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. 
Fay is part of the "Dream Team" Instructors that teach at the National Association of Photoshop Professional's Photoshop World Conferences. Her tutorial on "Photo Painting" with Photoshop and Corel Painter was the featured article at Photoshop World Boston, and in the Photoshop User Magazine. She is best known for her simplistic way of teaching, making the learning curve in the digital world easier to master! 
