DIGITAL ART PIONEER SHARON STEUER INTRODUCES METHOD TO TEACH ARTISTS, PHOTOGRAPHERS AND DESIGNERS HOW TO BE CREATIVE ON THE COMPUTER Steuers Book Makes Thoughtful Holiday Gift

Artist, educator and digital art expert Sharon Steuer has developed a new Creative Thinking Method" to encourage artistic individuals to integrate digital tools into their thought process. In her new book, Creative Thinking In Photoshop: A New Approach To Digital Art," Steuer successfully breaks down the barriers between digital and traditional tools. Her new book has garnered rave reviews from artists, photographers, educators and the press.

Bethany, CT -- Artist, educator and digital art expert Sharon Steuer has developed a new Creative Thinking Method" to encourage artistic individuals to integrate digital tools into their thought process. In her new book, Creative Thinking In Photoshop: A New Approach To Digital Art," Steuer successfully breaks down the barriers between digital and traditional tools. Her new book has garnered rave reviews from artists, photographers, educators and the press (see below).

We all know artists who only use the computer for email and the occasional snapshot to friends. My Creative Thinking Method" encourages artists to think outside the box. When you give Creative Thinking" as a gift, youll be inspiring your friends to stretch their creativity into new and exciting directions."

     What some experts have said about Creative Thinking in Photoshop":

Every year I send out a gift to all my photographer/artist associates... this year it will be Creative Thinking in Photoshop: A New Approach to Digital Art"! --Michael Bronfenbrenner, producer/ director, Venture Films/ Stone Soup Entertainment.

"This book is GENIUS!!!!!!!! It opens up another whole dimension!! Conventional thinking says that an image has a point in its creation when it's done--this book starts at that point and leads to infinity. I have drawers full of images I thought were just ok. This book now gives me a world of options!" --George Moore, photographer.

Anyone who wants to learn Photoshop but whos daunted by the soulless approach of most computer books will like Creative Thinking in Photoshop." If you want to use Photoshop as a real artist does, youll want this book."-- Pamela Pfiffner, creativepro.com editor in chief and author of "Inside the Publishing Revolution: The Adobe Story."

Refreshing, Insightful, and Inspiring - "Creative Thinking in Photoshop" breaks away from the multitude of 'how-to' books and delves into the fascinating world of creating digital art." --Katrin Eismann, www.photoshopdiva.com, artist, educator and author of "Photoshop Restoration & Retouching" and "Real World Digital Photography."

I will be recommending Creative Thinking in Photoshop" to all our students, and I'm sure that once our instructors see the book they will too. At the Palm Beach Photographic Centre were always looking for ways for our students to integrate traditional and digital tools creatively. There are so many books that deal with just technique and the tools, but this book really integrates the creative process, and provokes thinking."--Fatima NeJame, Exective Director, Palm Beach Photographic Centre.

This book teaches the principles of the program the way I learned it-dabbling on my own projects while looking over the shoulder of an experienced artist. Principles are best learned in practice, and by the end of the book, I felt as though Id learned from a friend who had subtly become my Zen master." --Jerald D. Cole, Professor of New Media at New York Institute of Technology, and Principle, jeraldcole.com.

A refreshing look at the diverse ways that Photoshop can be used as an integral part of the creative process." --Julieanne Kost, Adobe Systems.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

"Creative Thinking in Photoshop: A New Approach to Digital Art" is published by New Riders Publishing of Indianapolis, Indiana. The new book is available through all major book retailers as well as online at www.ssteuer.com and amazon.com.

ABOUT SHARON STEUER

Award-winning artist, author, teacher and computer art guru, Sharon Steuer has been a major force in the digital art world since its inception. She has had numerous exhibitions and awards including the Faber Birren Color Award for painting, two Ben Franklin Awards for best computer book, and the Windsor Newton Painting Award, and her works grace museums and private collections throughout the world. She is the author of the recently released "Creative Thinking in Photoshop: A New Approach to Digital Art" as well as the best selling "Illustrator Wow! Book" series. For inquiries contact Sharon Steuer at 41 Village Lane, Bethany, CT, 06524; telephone (203) 393-3981 within the U.S. or +1 (203) 393-3981 outside the U.S.; fax (203) 393-9701; e-mail studio@ssteuer.com; or visit http://www.ssteuer.com.

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