Visual Arts Academy Co-Instructor:
Paint Shop Pro Beginners
Paint Shop Pro Intermediate
Paint Shop Pro Advanced
Cammy Cochrane, also known as Stormy, lives in Rochester, NY. She spent 8 years in the United States Air Force as an Aircraft Maintenance Scheduling Specialist and was stationed in England for 6 years and in California for 2 years. She took evening college classes from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, University of Maryland, City Colleges of Chicago and Merced Community College during the eight years she was in the military. She spent 7 years in North Carolina before moving to Rochester in October of 2001. She went back to school in March of 2002 at Rochester Institute of Technology and earned a dual degree in Business Management and Web Systems Development in August of 2003. She works as an office manager at the Rochester Vet Center, which provides counseling for war zone veterans. Cammy has been working with Paint Shop Pro since its inception. She got serious with it in the late 90’s when she and her mom, Alene, took a class in PSP 5 with Lori Davis. It’s been a hobby ever since to include writing tutorials, running her own PSP group, and belonging to several others.
PaintShop Pro:Beginner Testimonials
Visual Arts Academy Instructor:
Adobe® Photoshop Basics
Adobe® Photoshop Photo Editing
Adobe® Photoshop CS3
Camera Basics and Creative Shooting Techniques (2-semester
course)
Judy Gardner has worked professionally in the arts her entire adult life. She now resides in Peterborough, Ontario.
Photoshop Photo Editing Testimonials
Visual Arts Academy Instructor:
Bryce: Beginner
Bryce: Advanced
DAZ Studio: Beginner
DAZ Studio:Advanced
Poser: Beginner
Poser: Advanced
Sharren Graham, better known as Spirit on the Internet, was
born in Australia, and now lives in a small country town in
Northern N.S.W. Sharren has always loved art and when
computers became available to homes it opened a whole new world
for her. In her initial search of the Internet she came
across an article on Digital Art that had a link to Paintshop
Pro—and that was the beginning of a long-lasting passion
for Digital Art. She still works with Paintshop Pro as
well as several other digital art programs. Sharren says
she owes a huge amount of thanks to a dear friend & mentor,
a retired Graphic Artist, for her ability to further her
knowledge of the 3D programs she is offering at Visual Arts
Academy.
Sharren has been working with Bryce, Poser and Daz Studio for
many years and will help you to understand the fundamentals of
each of these programs and perhaps develop the same passion for
the programs artistic design abilities that she holds dear to
her.
Her other passion in life is trialling her dog in obedience and
agiliity.
Bryce: Beginner
Testimonials
Bryce Beginner Gallery
Bryce: Advanced
Testimonials
Bryce Advanced Gallery
DAZ Studio:
Beginner Testimonials
Daz Studio Beginner Gallery
DAZ Studio:
Advanced Testimonials
DAZ Studio Advanced Gallery
Poser: Beginner
Testimonials
Poser Beginner Gallery
Poser: Advanced
Testimonials
Poser Advanced Gallery
Visual Arts Academy Instructor:
MS Access
Paul Houston was born and raised in Ayrshire, Scotland. Paul
has been a sad computer geek since getting a ZX Spectrum
(that’s a Timex TS2068 in the States!) for Christmas in
1982. This was soon followed by a Commodore 64, Atari ST
and eventually a PC.
Paul has been doing I.T. Training for the past 20 years and for
the past 10 employed by a local authority in Scotland as an IT
Employee Development Adviser. This includes training all
of the staff in the use of MS Office applications through tutor
led classroom training and more recently e-learning. Paul
also manages their ICDL/ECDL Testing Centre and has done so for
the past 5 years.
Hobbies include football (soccer!), rock music and
retro-computing. That ZX Spectrum still works but it’s
easier to use a PC emulator now!
Intro to MS Access
Testimonials
Visual Arts Academy Instructor:
Video Editing—the Basics
Eric Kenning lives in Canberra the National Capital of Australia, married with four children and three grandchildren.
Eric has spent over 45 years working in the Australian film and television industry, first as a cinematographer with the Commonwealth Film Unit and later as a film director with the Australian Overseas Information Service. He has also developed courses in video production for the Canberra Institute of Technology as well as a series of workshops called Script to Screen. Today he is mainly involved in post-production video and audio editing working from a home studio and is pursuing a growing interest in the use of video for teaching on the internet.
Video Editing—the Basics Testimonials
Visual Arts Academy Instructor:
Animation Introduction with Ulead Gif Animator 5
Maggie Lombardi, a life-long resident of New York City, is a
former instructor at the School of Creative Arts where she
taught her course for Gif Animator 5. She has been using
PhotoImpact and Gif Animator since version 4.2 and was on
Ulead's beta-testing team for several years. Since its
inception she was the moderator of the Animation Station forum
at PIRC bulletin board for several years.
In addition to graphics, Maggie enjoys buying and selling on
eBay, photography, crocheting and knitting.
Animation
Introduction Testimonials
Animation Introduction Gallery
Website: MacoGraphics
Visual Arts Academy Instructor:
Landscape Painting
PainterX Basics: Tools
Creative Painting :PhotoImpact Paint Tools Proficiency
Advanced Creative Painting with PhotoImpact
Lin McBee is a California girl. She was born in Los Angeles and grew up in North Hollywood, going to North Hollywood High School where she majored in art. She also majored in art at Los Angeles Valley College and at California State University, Northridge. Lin also has an Associate's degree in Liberal Arts at Antelope Valley College.
Since discovering PhotoImpact, (she was formerly a dyed-in-the-wool PSP user), she has discovered digital painting and pursues that with great enjoyment in both PhotoImpact and PainterX. She has taken many of the courses here at VAA. Lin also paints in watercolor, oil, acrylics, and draws with colored pencils. Birds, animals and landscapes are her favorite subjects. She has also dabbled in 3D programs such as Poser and Vue, but prefers to paint her own landscapes and people.
Lin is a mentor for the Beginner's Workshop and is a moderator for the Painting Basics and the Fun with Images and Shapes forums on the PI-I board. When she is not painting or in front of her computer, Lin enjoys reading (almost anything), needlework, beading, making miniatures and just about anything artistic and crafty.
Landscape Painting Testimonials
Visual Arts Academy Instructor:
Filter Fun : Filter Fun with PhotoImpact
Mandy Olszewski is a 46 year old from Melbourne, Australia,
with a background in Administration. She lives with her
19-year-old son and has two jobs, one in an office and one in a
supermarket.
Her love for digital art began when she decided to put her
poetry on the internet. After purchasing a HTML editor
Mandy discovered that PhotoImpact 5 was included as part of the
bundle. She downloaded Harry's Filters to further enhance
PhotoImpact and since then has been hooked on filters.
Mandy has recently resigned as moderater for the Fonts and
Filters forum at the PhotoImpact International Bulletin board
after four years. She has also been part of the beta
testing team for the ColorWasher, FocalBlade and LightMachine
plug-ins, as well as creating Photoshop compatible filters of
her own.
Filter
Impact/Filter Fun Testimonials
Filter Impact Gallery
Visual Arts Academy Instructor:
Digital Scrapbooking with PI
Cindy Piper is originally from Illinois and now lives in
Arkansas. When Cindy’s hubby retired from BN/SF
Railroad after being with them for 30 years, she resigned from
the university where she worked as secretary for a residence
hall that housed 1200 students. Cindy will be married 39
years this January, and she has two sons, five grandchildren
and five grandnieces and nephews that she considers her own
grandkids. They also have a family of cats and dogs
living with them now. She says “They don’t
want to borrow the car keys, but they will eat a person out of
house and home just like the kids!”
Cindy came into the world of scrapbooking kicking and
screaming, until she discovered digital scrapping... and that
changed everything. She still creates scrapbooks in the
traditional manner, but digital scrapbooking is her
favorite. Cindy makes her own backgrounds,
embellishments,and finds that with a bit of photo-editing
skills, she can transform any photo into something
wonderful. Her beautiful scrapbooks can be kept on the
computer or printed professionally. “I have been
doing digital scrapbooking since 1998—back before I knew
that’s what I was doing, and when I learned I could do
this fun thing on PhotoImpact, I was hooked from then
on.”
Visual Arts Academy Instructor:
Xenodream
My name is Joseph Presley and I was born in Bradenton, Florida in 1973. I now live in Sarasota, Florida where I work as a database analyst for a software company. Coming from a musical and artistic family, I found my passion in music and art from a young age and I have practiced them ever since. In April of 1999 I was introduced to fractal art and I began working with a program called Ultra Fractal.
In September of 2002 I purchased XenoDream after researching "3D fractals" over the internet. Fractal art has become my art form of choice as I find a deep satisfaction in manipulating algorithmic perfection and I enjoy the process of analysis between each step. My goal in working with fractal art is to create unique and original creations that invoke thought and emotion in the viewer. My works have been shown in several galleries here and abroad and published in several books and calendars.
My objective as a VAA instructor is to share my
understanding in the realm of three-dimensional fractal art
through XenoDream and to encourage students to pursue
excellence in this field.
XenoDreamTestimonials
XenoDream
Galleries
Personal Website: FractalAbyss
Visual Arts Academy Instructor:
Pixel Art
My name is Virginia Price, but Ginny will do just fine. I am a lifelong resident of Philadelphia. I call myself a Domestic Organizer (but you might say “homemaker”). I have four grown children and five grandchildren.
I found Photo Impact 6 while looking for a program to make my own greeting cards. Looking for some resources for the program I found the PhotoImpact International bulletin board. I learned the program and I have been using it since. I am now a Mentor for the Beginner's Workshop (the first graduate to become a moderator) and co-mod the Scrapbook forum on the PII board. I started doing pixel art about three years ago and I really enjoy this type of art. I find it to be very relaxing and lots of fun. My interests are Scrapbooking, I like to read, I love to play Guitar Hero with my grandkids and spending time with my family…
Pixel Painting Testimonials
Visual Arts Academy Instructor:
Pixel Art
My name is Sheryl Redden originally from Mississippi. I lived in New Orleans till Hurricane Katrina blew us to Alabama. Hubby is a Master Sergeant with the US Air Force. 20 years in the accounting field was enough for me so as it stands right now, he works all day while I play on the computer all day. Isn't life just grand.
I have spent the past 10 years playing around with PhotoImpact and adore the program. A few years ago I started creating Pixel Art and have come to love it. It's amazing to see those small little dots become a beautiful image. I enjoy sharing my knowledge to anyone who wishes to learn how to create pixel art. It is very rewarding and surely keeps me out of a lot of trouble... well sort of!!
Pixel Painting Testimonials
Visual Arts Academy Co-Instructor:
Paint Shop Pro Beginners
Paint Shop Pro Intermediate
Paint Shop Pro Advanced
Alene Robinson, also known as Brandy, discovered Paint Shop Pro with the release of JASC Paint Shop Pro 5. She was fortunate to take online lessons with Lori Davis who has written several books on Paint Shop Pro. She has been active in several online Paint Shop Pro groups in the past 9 years and enjoys sharing her knowledge with others. Paint Shop Pro’s friendly user interface and affordable cost makes this one of the most popular graphic programs used today. Having taught piano lessons for several years, her instructor skills inspired her to write many Paint Shop Pro tutorials for the beginner as well as advanced users. Her motto is “tutorials are only a guide, so above all, experiment and have fun”.
Visual Arts Academy Instructor:
Introduction to Front Page
Introduction to Photo Editing with PhotoImpact
Introduction to MS Excel
Introduction to MS Word
JC is an amateur photographer although he has worked
professionally in the field. Because of his love for
photography ever since he was a wee munchkin, he has more often
than not been seen with a camera (or two) in hand. He
developed his first film under the kitchen tap using
water—of course he soon learnt that was not the way to
develop film.
He once rolled down Grouse Mountain in Vancouver whilst
carrying two cameras, a tripod and a couple of cases of
equipment. The equipment (as well as JC) survived the
fall.
By profession JC has worked with several Information Technology
companies and government agencies. He has been involved
in managing and administering a IT and soft-skills Training
Facility as well managing teams of individuals providing
computer desktop support to over 40,000 Public Service
employees. His background was and remains Customer Care and has
been the author and tutor of courses in Presentation
Techniques, Customer Service, Customer Care and Office
Automation productivity.
His personal and business travels have taken him to various
parts of Canada and several times to Italy, Greece, Malta and
England, as well as to Australia, Ireland, Holland and some
parts of the United States amongst other places.
PhotoImpact
PhotoEditing Testimonials
PhotoImpact Photo Editing
Gallery
Visual Arts Academy Instructor:
Introduction to HTML: Just the basics
Introduction to HTML2: Tables and More
More HTML and Intro to CSS
MaryLou White has an extensive computer background with over
40 years hands-on experience. She has a degree in
Business Data Processing and spent most of her life as a
computer programmer. MaryLou ran her own local Bulletin
Board for over 10 years prior to the popularity of the
"net". Before her retirement, she created web pages for
the schools in her local school district. MaryLou is also
the founder of the PhotoImpact Resource Center (PIRC) Network
and the Beginners Workshop. She has written over 100
tutorials for PhotoImpact.
MaryLou has unending patience and will work diligently with
those who wish to learn to write their own HTML code.
Introduction to
HTML Testimonials
Introduction to
HTML2 Testimonials
HTML Just the Basics Gallery
HTML Tables and More Gallery
More HTML and Intro to CSS Testimonials
More HTML and Intro CSS Gallery
PIRC network url: Pircnet.com
PI tuts url: http://wwell.net
Visual Arts Academy Instructor:
Apophysis Exploration
Apophysis:Beyond the Basics
Travis Williams is often described as eccentric and crazy. Possibly being true, he set out into the art world at a relatively young age. Quickly finding his niche in fractal art and community spirit at Deviant Art, he made it a point to help others know what he knows about his medium of choice. Now one of the heads of a large Apophysis group and the leader of a growing charity army, Travis continues to enjoy fractals and helping out. Travis currently lives with his aunt in northeastern Pennsylvania. He also has plans for further education and employment.
Apophysis Exploration Testimonials
Visual Arts Academy Instructor:
Dynamic Presentations with PowerPoint
Cornelia Yoder is an artist, scientist, and public speaker
living in upstate New York. A long-time member of Toastmasters
International, Cornelia began using PowerPoint presentations as
part of her public speaking career. Her presentations were so
attractive and dynamic that she was encouraged to teach others,
and so this course, Dynamic Presentations with PowerPoint, was
born.
As a speaker, Cornelia regularly gives presentations on Global
Warming and Climate Change, on Fractal Art, and in classes to
teachers in her local high schools and college on using
mathematics in art and in classroom science projects.
Cornelia has had careers in computers as a programmer and
manager for IBM, in science as a professor of earth science at
Syracuse University and the University of Connecticut, as a
flight instructor in sailplanes, and most recently has become a
sought-after public speaker and a freelance fractal artist. She
is a great advocate of lifetime learning and claims her biggest
fear is that she will die before she's learned
everything.
Dynamic
Presentations with PowerPointTestimonials
Dynamic Presentations with PowerPoint
Gallery
Website:
http://www.corneliayoder.com
Visual Arts Academy Administrator/Instructor:
PC Basics
Ulead PhotoImpact 10: More to Discover
Ulead PhotoImpact 11/12: More to Discover
PhotoImpact: Fun with Paths /co-instructor with Sharon
Cataldo
Virginia Miller found her inspiration in the southern
Appalachian Mountains where she lived for many years after
growing up in beautiful Vermont. She now resides in
Southwest Florida.
After years in banking, Virginia decided that it was time to
let her creative side play. She's been a quilter of
quilts and clothing, gardener, webmistress for a family
business, and custom tailor for that same concern. She
came to computer graphics while learning webmistressing.
Starting out with FrontPage, she adored Image Composer that
came packaged with it. When that software became
obsolete, she downloaded trial versions of every graphics
program she could find, settling on PhotoImpact 6.
Virginia has graduated to PI X3, and also to hand-coding those
webpages, which is her latest conquest. She was with the Beginner's Workshop from the beginning and running it for the last few years of her tenure, and was a substitute
mentor at the West Columbia High School workshop. She left the BW in 2009 to spend more time with VAA.
While fine-tuning the Beginner's Workshop, Virginia saw a need
for a Computer Basics course that would assist the new computer
user learn the very basics as well as help more seasoned users
to keep their computer running smoothly while keeping it safe
and secure.
In an effort to keep fit, and to balance the time at the
computer, Virginia is a runner with four half-marathons under
her belt. For fun she does most needlearts, cooking,
baking, photography, and gardening.
More to
Discover Testimonials
More to Discover Gallery
PhotoImpact
Fun with Paths Testimonials
PhotoImpact Fun with Paths Gallery
PC Basics
Testimonials
PC Basics Gallery
Personal Website: BearMistress Studio
Visual Arts Academy Founder
Grace Farquhar, also known as "Sparrow," was born in Toronto. Grace spent half her life in the United States. She moved back to her native country, Canada, to a small community about 60 miles northeast of Toronto. Her first love is Painting and she has written over 40 painting tutorials. She has been a mentor with the PhotoImpact Beginner's Workshop since its inception, was a mentor on a High School Board for the Workshop, and created the PI-I Painting Basics forum at the PhotoImpact International bulletin board. Sparrow passed away in November of 2009.
Personal website: Sparrowzworld
Painting Tool Tutorials
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