Creative Artist

As a family, we were often outdoors exploring the beautiful natural environment of the Atherton Tablelands where I was born. My parents taught me the joy of working with one’s own hands and being creative. Art was a subject I enjoyed at school but ne

• 16” x 20” canvas board• Acrylic Paints – Matisse Naples Yellow – Matisse Permanent Light Violet – Matisse Titanium White – Matisse Southern Ocean Blue (Phthalo Turquoise) – Matisse Brilliant Alizarine (Crimson) – Matisse Yellow Oxide – Atelier Burn

I have been painting since 1981, and teaching and exhibiting from 1985. I work in oils, watercolours, pastel, and acrylic, and also tutor in these mediums. Drawing tutoring is also available. I paint all subjects, but am drawn very much to our native

• A sheet of Art Spectrum Colourfix pastel paper, Storm Clue colour cut in half• Soft Pastels – Studio Palette – I use a variety of brands including Mt Vision; Unison; Art Spectrum; Rembrandt; and Terry Ludwig. I always find that a painting painted

With several exhibition spaces, workshop and artist studio spaces, Burrinja offers an ever-changing program for arts practitioners and visitors alike. A state-of-the-art 400-seat theatre and a licenced café make Burrinja a thriving hub of community a

Photographing your artwork for prints, publications and art exhibitions – the final step with your masterpiece – will require artwork to be submitted on CD, DVD or USB stick in digital format, 300 dpi high resolution images. Originally, printers and

Christelle Grey paints in a small studio in the front room of a yellow Victorian cottage on a quiet Australian avenue lined with jacaranda trees. The sunshine streaming through the large window bordered in stained glass necessitates an ergonomic back

• Paper – For this painting, I used a full sheet Arches 640 gsm (rough) paper, stretched on 10mm Gator board. I always stretch my paper. The rough paper added texture.• Paint – French Ultramarine (Winsor and Newton) – Cobalt Blue (Winsor and Newton)

This is a limited palette, and most artists have these colours. I chose these low intensity earth colours with two blues as complementary colours, because this is an harmonious, subdued painting. For a more dramatic painting, I use more colours. Thes

From 12 August to 23 October 2016, the Kunsthaus Zürich is staging the first exhibition of the work of Zurich artist Hans Jakob Oeri (1782-1868). During his lifetime, Oeri was respected and admired throughout Europe. His works are among the finest an

As with all children I loved to draw, colour in and create; this has been something which has stayed with me throughout my life. Having used many other mediums in art, namely coloured pencils, acrylics and oils, I do have a particular fondness for wa

I’ve written a few articles in the past about creating animal portraits in scratchboard since that seems to be what I’m known for, but what about humans? Can scratchboard marks be compatible with skin? Without a shadow of doubt! There are many styles

She’s there now watching, and quietly hoping, while shyly looking out across the pickets, not wanting to be seen as brazen. “Why not come in under my veranda?’’ she calls to anyone passing by. ‘’Get out of the heat and peek your head around the door