Introducing

Yves Lanthier

                         Digitizing the artistic vision

from a blank piece of paper or a blank

computer screen.

Over the years, I have developed

many different techniques, using all

kinds of traditional media. I strive to

maintain the same qualities in the paint-

ings I am now realizing with CorelDRAW

on my computer.

View on the Bay

This painting was inspired by the

beautiful places I've seen during my trav-

els in Europe, and the starting point for

its creation was one of my travel photos.

There are many ways for a traditional

artist to paint a subject based on a pho-

tograph, including sketching from the

photograph or using a projector to trans-

IN THIS SESSION, I will share two

pieces with you: View on the Bay, a

monthly winner in the 1998 Corel

World Design Contest; and The Gardens

Scene, chosen by Corel the year before as

Entrant's Showcase, and published in the

latest edition of Art & Artistry, Corel's

four-color book that showcases the work

of Corel-using artists. You'll see what

inspired me, some of the techniques I

used, and the challenges I faced in realiz-

ing my vision.

The Artistic Vision

 Art is about having a certain vision

about something and transforming it to

an expression of that vision, either start-

ing from a photo of a person or place, or

 even keep the  photograph

 projected while they paint

 matching colors  onto the 

canvas. For this  piece, I 

followed a similar plan. 

After selecting and scanning 

one of my travel pictures: