At The Artists Quarter we have been having a great time. The Atelier was out of this world. The Magic of Layer Masks was certainly magical. I have never seen so much fabulous work by the students, and that only scratched the surface of all the marvellous things we were learning. Tim, we need to [...] . . . → Read More: November at TAQ

Things have been buzzing at The Artists’ Quarter throughout October. The Brushes Atelier was an absolute wowser. There are times when I think Tim is sheer genius. We had great fun and learned an astonishing amount. We were mind-blown by our own work. And it is now a self-study course. You really don’t want to [...] . . . → Read More:

The TAQ Open Weekend was a great success.  The forums were buzzing with activity, and Tim’s open webinar was very well attended and greatly enjoyed. Why is it so fascinating and inspiring to watch someone else working? We are also delighted to welcome our new members! The next big TAQ event is Tim’s atelier [...] . . . → Read More: Photoshop Brushes Atelier

We are celebrating our first sixth months by having an Open Weekend. From 2pm BST on Saturday 1st October to 9pm BST on Sunday 2nd October, Studio One will be open to everyone registered at TAQ. You will be able to see all the work that has been posted in the Gallery and Images for [...] . . . → Read More: TAQ OPEN DAYS!

September has been a pretty good month at The Artists’ Quarter. The September Atelier featured Creative Cloning in CS5 and had so much in it! It’s now available as a standalone, with support from Tim, so if you want to learn a whole lot more about cloning as a real art medium, using lots of [...] . . . → Read More: September TAQ Blogger

My online school of digital art has been a great success, and has grown into something I’ve become very proud of. However, I always had a much grander vision for an true online artists community, which would give members access to my training classes and videos, but also an exclusive arts community where members could [...] . . . → Read More: Announcing “The Artists’ Quarter”

My latest Photoshop training title “Pencil and Wash” is due to be released on Monday 28th April. In this title, I’ll show you how to create a very realistic pencil sketch directly from a photographic start image. You don’t have to be able to draw to use this technique, as it uses the power of layer [...] . . . → Read More: Pencil and Wash in Photoshop

If you’d like to create inspired, effective photo-paintings in Photoshop, but don’t want to ride the CS5 Mixer Brush learning curve, then my new stand-alone video tutorial project may be just what you’re looking for. For years now I’ve been producing tutorials which revolve around my Photoshop mask painting technique, and this full-length tutorial expands further [...] . . . → Read More: “Photo-painting in Photoshop without the Mixer Brush” OUT NOW!

This stand-alone training title demonstrates a technique of cloning a portrait from start to finish in CS5 using my newly developed “Press and Clone” presets for the CS5 Mixer Brush Tool. The complete training package includes almost four hours of high-quality video training, and interactive PDF, [...] . . . → Read More: Video Training: Cloning portraits in Photoshop CS5 using “Press and Clone” Mixer Brush presets! BUY NOW!!

Some more experimentation with the new painting tools in Photoshop CS5, in preparation for my CS5 classes. This is actually a cloning exercise, directly from a photograph that looks nothing like the end result… but that was the point here! I’ve been searching for ways to use these tools in a much more subtle way, [...] . . . → Read More: Not so Mixer Brush, Mixer Brush!