$149 ($318, if purchased separately)

TERMS OF USE & COPYRIGHT NOTICE

Copyright © 2025 Heather Michelle Chinn – All Rights Reserved

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DIGITAL PRODUCT POLICY

All digital products are non-refundable and non-transferable. Due to the nature of these files, all sales are final. Access instructions will be emailed after checkout—please ensure you check both boxes:

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COPYRIGHT & INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

All materials provided—including but not limited to backgrounds, brushes, textures, overlays, backdrops, guide images, reference photographs, screenshots, PDFs, training videos, and digital teaching content—are the original intellectual property of Heather Michelle Chinn and are protected by U.S. and international copyright laws.

Purchase grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, single-user license to use the materials in accordance with the permissions below. You are not purchasing ownership of the files—only the right to use them under specific restrictions.

 

🚫 PROHIBITED USES

You may not, under any circumstances:

  •  Sell, share, gift, sublicense, or otherwise redistribute the files in any format
  •  Upload, input, or use any materials from this site to train, feed, seed, or test any artificial intelligence system, including but not limited to:
    Midjourney, DALL·E, Adobe Firefly, ArtBreeder, NightCafe, Stable Diffusion, Leonardo AI, Fotor, Images.ai, DeepAI, StarryAI, Ideogram, Google Imagen, Recraft, Seedream, Grok, GPT‑4o, and similar platforms
  •  Use these materials in any AI-based workflows including:
    •  Prompt engineering
    •  Image generation
    •  Iterative design
    •  Style transfer
    •  Dataset seeding or model tuning
  •  Use any files (original or modified) to create or sell "new" backgrounds, overlays, or textures
  •  Repackage, print, or license any content as a standalone product (digital or physical)
  •  Share editable files (PSD, PNG, etc.) with clients or others
  •  Use any materials in a course, tutorial, blog, social media content, or educational setting without written permission
  •  Enable access to these files in any way that allows others to extract or download them independently

 

✅ PERMITTED USES

You may:

  •  Incorporate the backgrounds or brushes into your own flattened photographic or painterly client work
  •  You may use the backgrounds and brushes to create backgrounds to use for your own studio provided they are flattened in the final product so that the client may not extract the background as a standalone product (digital or physical)
  •  Use in commercial portraiture, composites, or digital painting as long as the final file is not layered or extractable
  •  Use as painterly bases inside programs such as Corel Painter or Adobe Photoshop, provided all work is human-created and hand-rendered

 

LICENSE RESTRICTIONS

Each purchase is licensed to one individual user only. Multi-user licenses, studio use, or bulk licensing must be arranged in writing.

All rights remain exclusively with Heather Michelle Chinn.

 

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If you're unsure whether a specific use is permitted, or you need a custom license for studio, commercial, or educational use:
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BONUS INSPIRATION

Want to get the most out of your backgrounds and textures? Watch tutorials and behind-the-scenes tips here:

 

Corel Painter Master Elite | Corel Approved Painter Educator | PPA Master Artist, Cr., M. Photog. | Retired IPC Juror | Former Golden Artist Educator

 

 

Classical Collection

The Classical Painting Track
Elegant. Polished. Timeless Realism.

This is the gateway into Painter for photographers ready to move beyond the polished Photoshop edit. Designed around traditional realism, this track teaches the disciplined foundations of light, form, and value—ideal for those drawn to luminous, refined portraiture.

Perfect for beginners and professionals alike who want a clear, structured path into painterly work without guesswork.

What you'll get:

  • Heather's Everyday brushes*
  • Heather's Intro to Corel Painter 2021 (compatible with 2021 and newer) - 78 minutes
  • Heather's Classical Portrait tutorial replay (2 hours)
  • Heather's Classical Refresher Portrait tutorial replay (1 hour) 

*Brushes compatible with Painter 2017 and NEWER!

That's almost 4 hours of tutorials,  14 brushes, and over $300 of tutorials if purchased separately. 

The tutorials will show you how to paint these images using Heather's clone, color and blend method!

For the artist who finds beauty in order, form, and timeless light.

This track is rooted in the elegant discipline of traditional realism—where structure, subtlety, and restraint take center stage. Rather than rushing into color or flair, you’ll learn to build your portraits with intention, focusing on light, value, and shape—the unshakable foundations of classical painting.

Whether you're new to Corel Painter or transitioning from photography or traditional media, this track offers a clear, repeatable process you can trust. You'll gain control over soft gradations, structural anatomy, and quiet painterly expression without getting lost in overwhelming brush chaos.

Highlights:

  • Teaches you to “see” like a classical painter: value first, then shape, then finish

  • Ideal for detail-oriented students who crave clarity and solid process

  • Focuses on luminous skin, sculptural volume, and form-based rendering

  • A gentle entry point for those overwhelmed by modern painterly trends

This is not a trendy or overly expressive style. It’s a return to the kind of painting that has stood the test of time—where beauty is measured by discipline, not decoration.

 

 

Master the timeless elegance of painterly portraiture—where classical technique meets digital precision.