The Easy-to-Use Home Art Studio
Corel® Painter? Essentials 4 is the simple-to-use home art studio that makes it easy for you to sketch, paint and turn your photos into paintings. Two new workspaces put the tools you need at your fingertips, whether you're turning a photo into a painting, or sketching and painting on a blank canvas. Based on the world's most powerful painting and illustration software, Corel® Painter?, it's the ideal way to get started with digital art!

You can create a painting from a photo in just three steps:


Open the photo you want to paint in the Source Image palette. Your photo will be saved with the Painter Essentials file format, so it's easy to return to a project later
Choose one of the preset painting styles from the menus on the Auto-Painting Palette to get the look you want
Let new Smart Stroke? technology create stunning paintings?with brush strokes that follow the form of your photo!

Discover an Expressive and Natural painting experience

The Drawing and Painting workspace is designed to put the tools you need at your finger tips.


Identify and choose brushes easily with the New Brush Drawer
Go back to recently used brushes quickly with Brush History
Organize your favorite brushes in one spot for easy access
Select paint colors with a single click on the New Colors palette
Create new colors easily with the convenient New Mixer palette

Explore Learning Materials

Free video tutorials by Painter master John Derry, combined with the tutorials printed in the user guide, make it easier than ever to get started?and get the results you want.

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