Artist's Palette

This painting was a commission with a size restriction. The clients had seen my work at an exhibition and told me they liked the red dress, blue and white porcelain, native flora and the enamelware I used. With the size restriction and the size of th

I first thought about becoming an artist when I was about 9 or 10 years of age. I grew up in the Perth Hills where there was a strong arts community, with people like Guy Grey-Smith, Robert Juniper, and George Haynes around. My parents were intereste

Balu is a piece I was asked to do by a friend in Germany and was completed at a size of 14 x 11 inches. My friend sent me many photos via email, and I picked the one I thought was best, showing some personality and capturing the intensity of his eyes

I was born in Penrith, NSW, and moved to Queensland in 1991 when I was about four years old with my parents and two siblings. From a young age, I can remember being creative – making toys out of cardboard, writing and illustrating short stories to be

I was born in Townsville Queensland. My family spent most of my early childhood moving around for work, so I found it very difficult to make friends but I always had my drawings. I would draw on anything I could find. My father being a new Australian

I was 17 years old when I did my apprenticeship as a commercial artist. I was taught craft, drafting and construction by artisans, reproductionists, illusionists, and masters. It was about aesthetics and technique, precision, flamboyancy, extreme, c

Basecoat the canvas with the use of the 2” base coating brush with the white gesso. Allow to dry and lightly sand with the sanding block, wipe with a lint free cloth and then give the entire canvas another coat of the white gesso, a hairdryer may be

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

Like thousands of other retirees, I started this part of my life with lots of resolutions. I still don’t have a new bathroom or a tidy garden, and the bush that surrounds my home is still a fire-hazard, but I have achieved one aim - to become a compe

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

I was born in the USA and lived in Switzerland from the time I was three years old. My parents were both Swiss. For the last few years, I have lived in Australia. An only child, I was given drawing materials to keep me occupied, and thus began my jou

The RES is Newcastle’s #1 Reservoir. This underground treasure was constructed in 1882 and was Newcastle’s first subterranean drinking water supply. It was decommissioned in the early 1960s. Hunter Water has recently restored and opened the RES for p

• Daler-Rowney 300g/m2 Aquafine paper, A3 size • Staedtler Mars Lumograph Graphite Pencils 6H – 8B range • Paper Mate ComfortMate ULTRA Propelling Pencils 0.5mm HB & 2B • Staedtler Mars plastic eraser • Micador Group Fixative Workable Mat The main b

Retiring from the workforce in mid-2013 provided me with the valuable commodity of free time. I had always wished to recommence my long dormant capacity for sketching at some point and now, being time-rich, I was able to pick up my pencils again. Whi