Australian How To Paint

Drawing the Australian Landscape

Throughout my life, I’ve been impressed by the Australian landscape. As a child holidaying on the coast; at my homes at Lightning Ridge and Narrabri. The landscape has always evoked a deep emotional response.

At times the immediate response to the landscape can be best caught with the spontaneity of

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