Fay Sirkis lecture FREE

“Impressions of Art - A Photo Painting Journey Through the History of Art”
With Fay Sirkis on Tap for June 24th

Fay Sirkis is an internationally-recognized portrait artist, photographer and instructor. She speaks at conferences and seminars in the United States and Europe. Fay is on the advisory council of Corel Painter, and is a Beta tester for Adobe Photoshop and Corel Painter, and was instrumental in the launching of the latest releases of the programs. She is a Corel “Painter Master” whose work is featured in Corel’s Art Gallery. Her Paintings appear in numerous ad campaigns for both Canon USA and Corel.

Fay is part of the “Dream Team” Instructors that teach at the Photoshop World Conferences.
Her tutorials on “Photo Painting” have been featured on the cover of many magazines, including Photoshop user. She is now star of her own DVDs and has teamed up with NAPP to release her new DVD series “A Celebration of Art”. 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
are 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 provides her students with a simple recipe 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. To see more of Fay’s work, please visit www.faysartstudio.com. This evening seminar is for the photographer, fine artist, and hobbyists who wish to create breathtaking, hand-painted looking works of art from their photographs using Fay’s easier than ever signature style of Photo Painting!

June 24 Meeting
“Special Invitation”
Nonmembers Save $50 - $75!
To: All nonmembers, including past members
From: CPPA Board of Directors
Date: Wednesday, June 24th
Evening Program featuring Kay Sirkis
Details: You are invited to join CPPA members this night only at the member price:
Dinner and lecture….$25 (Save $50)
Lecture…………. FREE (Save $75)

MEMBERS, get the word out and tell others about this special invitation. Send them the
Spotlight so they have all the details about Kay Sirkis’ program and the Registration Form. It is their chance to see what CPPA is all about and save $$.

Registration reminder:
1) Indicate on the registration form “Nonmember” (if registering online, type “nonmember” in the blank box provided)
2) Indicate “guest of member: Lisa & Tom Cuchara” (with member’s name)

For centuries, artists have been using the “photograph” as a reference for their paintings. Photo Art, referred to today as Photo Painting, was, and always will be, a sought after art form, only accomplished differently at different times in history, according to what tools were available at
that specific time period. Photo Painting is a simulation of the painting workflow, tools and brushes, that is based on the traditional painting styles of the Old Masters and the lessons that
we learned from Art History. Before the invention of the photograph/camera, some artists were using mirrors and lenses to capture the image on canvas, trace it in great detail and proceed to paint with amazing realism; some say that is how Leonardo Da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa.
The history of art dates back to the beginning of mankind, way back to the cave man.

Join Fay on a journey back in time as she takes you through centuries of art history to see how painting has evolved into what we now call the digital era, and how we use the art of Photo Painting to transform our photographs of portraits, landscapes and more into priceless hand painted looking Corel Painter to replicate the traditional styles of the Old Masters. “Imagine taking a paint brush and dipping it into the photograph, transforming pixels into brushstrokes; the result is magical.”

Fay will demonstrate 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 Adobe
Photoshop, in preparation for the painting, using the Digital Dark Room, to applying your paints and blending them in Corel Painter, you will discover how to master your “Impressions of Art.”
Don’t miss Kay Sirkis on Wednesday, June 24 at the Laurel View Country Club for the final Quarterly Program for the season.