This painting is a combination of things I enjoy painting, cows, birds, flowers and old houses! I have chosen to paint this in Acrylic on a gallery edged canvas 51cm x 60cm. I have made this one a little different to show you what you can do to dress

Art has always been a part of my life. In my childhood, living in Wiltshire, an English rural county, I drew horses and animals, inspired by the countryside and the many books that I was always reading. As an adolescent and teen I progressed into dra

Many people I speak to tell me they really enjoy painting but don’t get the time to do it. My answer is, I paint (almost every day) and sometimes don’t get the time to do other things. As a young man I had the need to draw, and I enjoyed art at schoo

I choose an image with a personal appeal. In this case I took a photo a few years ago on a visit to the South Island, New Zealand. I like the way the water twists and swerves around the rocks. I start with a mixture of Raw Umber and Prussian Blue sli

The perfect frame is the one you really don’t notice as it’s done its job of leading your eye to the art, which is being presented in its best possible light by the framing choices made. Exhibition grade picture framing is both a bit of a black art a

The wealth generated by gold and a burgeoning agricultural hinterland, coupled with a general sense of optimism that permeated the colony of Victoria during the 1880s were the main factors behind the timing of the Gallery’s founding. This boom-time e

I work with a basic limited palette of primary colours, three warms and three cools. Cadmium YellowCadmium RedFrench Ultramarine Cadmium LemonPermanent RoseCerulean Blue The six colours will make a minimum of 450 colours. Painting a colour chart is a

Another thing the matte is designed to do is maintain a space between the drawing and the glass. This is absolutely essential to avoid mould and fungus appearing (and growing) on both the paper and the inside of the glass in very short order. Even th

I have always done some sort of creative pursuit, but my art has manifested into a desire and a passion I cannot live without. I used to draw when I was a child as far back as I can remember. My first encounter with painting was more than 20 years ag

Fortunately, drawing and painting is a learned skill just like playing the violin or driving a car. Lyn knew from a young age that she wanted to be an artist. It doesn’t mean she was a child protégé, in fact far from it, she just knew that when she w

One of my all time favourite aspects of drawing is use of contrast. All the same principles pretty much apply no matter whether working in graphite or pastel but I’ll be mostly chasing the 2B graphite dragon in this article. There are various quite d

Travelling and our family’s love of four-wheel drive adventures led me on my journey to create plein air artworks. To create whilst travelling has been a challenge and an absolute joy, a feeling most artists would be able to resonate with. Over the y

For as long as I can remember, I have had a keen interest in animals and art; drawing, tracing and cutting out pictures was an important pastime. As the years passed, I continued to develop a strong interest in art, so after leaving school I went to

I start with a 10” x 12” linen stained with a dry wash of Cadmium Yellow and Alizarin. With a turpsy wash of Ultramarine Blue and Alizarin Crimson, I sketch a composition comprising the main shapes of rocks, headland et cetera, with particular emphas

Whenever I see photos of the ocean I feel calm. I wanted to bring a little calm and tranquillity into my day and so this image of Main beach came to mind. I have made the choice to paint this picture using Acrylic. Although Acrylic is great to work w

Contributed Nationally recognised for one of the finest collections in regional Australia, the Gallery holds more than 6,200 works of art, and the quality and breadth of its collection makes it a significant cultural asset for the city. The collectio

On display until 11 October 2015 at the Spielzeug Welten Museum in Basel, Switerland, is almost the entire series of gouache landscape paintings of the Rhine Voyage by Johann Ludwig (Louis) Bleuler (1792–1850). In a total of 80 sheets, Bleuler and hi

Drawing and painting has always interested me. My first masterpiece as a two-year-old entitled ‘Crayon on Lounge Room Wall’ (which earned me a rather unexpected prize), would lead to less destructive experiments with different mediums and varying res

Tape paper to a board. Draw out using a 2B pencil. Wet certain areas that you want colour in, being careful not to go near the cars or the front of buildings to keep them white. Using a large brush, I used a Raphel size 8 Chinese mop brush, add in co

I prime the canvas with two to three coats of white primer sealer, allowing to dry thoroughly between coats. Meanwhile, I draw a series of thumbnails in my visual diary, brainstorming ideas for the composition. I then look through my photo library fo

I was always going to include half a dozen pastel articles in this issue but I really had to ‘lay my cards on the table’ as well to give the full account of actual drawing practice, round here anyway. Although the freehand graphite will always be the