Corel Painter Essentials 6 is custom designed to inspire you to freely create blank canvas and photo art creations using award-winning Natural-Media brushes. As an intuitive paint program, Essentials offers a welcoming environment that will encourage you to have fun while using powerful and realistic art tools to reach your goals. Turn a photo into an amazing oil, pastel, or impressionist work of art, or use pencils, pens, or particles to paint, draw, and sketch on a blank canvas.