Karen Bonaker
From the time Karen was very young she enjoyed painting on whatever she could get her hands on and that included the walls of her house! Karen’s mother was wonderful as she herself was an artist and supplied a wall in Karen’s room where she was free to express herself!She received formal training at her local college concentrating on color and design. She discovered the software program “Painter” ten years ago and has since then enjoyed creating images using a Wacom tablet and stylus. The same principles can be applied to painting digitally as in traditional media painting. The technique of “painting with digital light” enables her to have command of skills that are both traditional and state-of-the-art.
One of Karen’s digital paintings was shown in New York at Digital Art Expo. She has gone on to be a regular contributor to Corel Painter Magazine and will soon have a tutorial published in one of her colleague’s new books. In January 2008, she launched a new digital art school , Digital Art Academy. She also teaches numerous classes for LVS Online and is the Administrator of a very successful digital art forum, Painter Talk.
Karen’s feeling is that everyone has the ability to draw and paint, we just need to learn how to develop our own gifts, and Digital Art Academy is the venue to achieve that goal. Karen is a veteran of online training and is a teacher at some of the finest online schools. She has also commissioned several paintings for private collections.
Karen looks forward to helping you explore the world of digital painting; it has been a wonderful journey for her!
Karen’s Links:
Digital Art Academy
Painter Talk Forum
LVS Online