EDUCATORS ENDORSE NEW COMPUTER CREATIVITY METHOD BY DIGITAL ART PIONEER, SHARON STEUER Steuers Methods Available as Textbook For Art Education

Artist, educator and digital art expert Sharon Steuer has developed a new Creative Thinking Method" to teach art and photography students how to experiment and work artistically with digital tools. Her new book has garnered rave reviews from many educators, artists and photographers.

Artist, educator and digital art expert Sharon Steuer has developed a new Creative Thinking Method" to teach art and photography students how to experiment and work artistically with digital tools. In her new book, Creative Thinking In Photoshop: A New Approach To Digital Art," Steuer successfully illustrates how digital tools can enhance the entire creative process. Filled with ideas for educators who are looking for ways to integrate traditional and digital tools, her new book has garnered rave reviews from many educators, artists and photographers (see below).

My 'Creative Thinking Method encourages you to stretch your creativity into new and exciting directions and not be afraid to use the computer as a creative medium. The best part is that you dont have to be an expert. I teach you how to feel comfortable and productive in no time. "

What some educators are saying about Steuers new book:

Creative Thinking in Photoshop" is exactly the book I was searching for and is now the required text for my 'Digital Painting classes. By focusing on the creative aspects of projects, my students engage themselves in a process of discovery. They learn to experiment and improvise and thus are finding their own imaginative methods for integrating digital and traditional artist's tools. - Karen Wheeler, Assistant Professor of Art, Wingate University

I cant wait to bring this book to my classroom. So many people speak about the potential of the computer. But 'Creative Thinking in Photoshop shows how to use Photoshop creatively and motivates the reader to be creative." -- Faith Baum, adjunct faculty, Rhode Island School of Design

This book teaches the principles 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

This book is fantastic. I love that this book is touching on things that I havent seen before in any other computer book. I love that this book takes the computer another step. 'Creative Thinking in Photoshop makes things clear and simple, so I can stop worrying about making mistakes, and instead of try experimenting with new things and new ways of working!" -- Laurie Grace, illustrator and educator

...What students and developing artists need above all is a better understanding of the dynamic integration of digital tools and techniques in the creative process. 'Creative Thinking" takes exactly that approach, and does it through the heart and mind of the artist and her work." -- Rick Berry, associate professor, Pratt Institute New York

I will be recommending Creative Thinking in Photoshop" to all our students. 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.

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, artist, educator and author

High school, college and art school educators can request an evaluation copy of "Creative Thinking in Photoshop: A New Approach to Digital Art" for possible adoption into their curriculum by contacting Sharon Steuer at Sharon@ssteuer.com. Additionally, ready-made lesson plans for the book will be available in early 2003.

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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