Australian How To Paint

Once upon a time, there was a boy who drew stick figures … I kid you not! At the age of seven, I did just that. And school friends were always asking me to draw things for them. I coloured in, and stayed within the lines, never realising that my earl

• Gesso board prepared by the artist.• Art Spectrum oil paints: Ultramarine Blue; Cadmium Yellow; Alizarin Crimson; Cadmium Orange; Raw Sienna; Burnt Sienna; Viridian; French Titanium White. When I begin a painting, I seek to arrange the composition

• 51 x 61cm good quality canvas board. Quality canvas is essential. As you do not want a board that is not well primed and sucks the life out of the paint – nor one that is too slippery.• Art Basics 101 Flat Bristle in all sizes• Eterna 579 (a cheap

• Paper: I generally use Arches 300gsm NOT paper, taped to a craftwood board using good quality (Painter’s) masking tape. (I do not stretch the paper unless I am going to do a very wet-in-wet painting.) Good paper is essential. • Brushes: The best yo

David Lake was born in Sydney in 1966. He began to paint at the age of 14 – first in watercolours and later in oils. This man is a self taught artist; a painter who has been able to develop his own definitive style. His artistic passion is currently

• Canvas on board, 46 x 61 cm.• Flat and round bristle brushes – sizes 6, 8 and 10.• Nylon rigger brush – size 0.• Artists’ oil paints: Titanium White; Cobalt Blue; Ultramarine Blue; Flinders Blue Violet; Pilbarra Red; Flinders Red Violet; Venetian R

I have had a passion for art from early childhood. My first painting was the interior of a wall-bed cupboard when I was nine years old. The large white interior surfaces were too tempting. I climbed onto the bed with a mug of red house paint and a fe

• Cotton duck canvas, titanium primed single thick• Selected acrylic paints• Monte Marte Two Seasons acrylic set• Brushes - medium and line (Bristle : Taklon)• Container of water• Spray bottle of water• Masking tape• Damp cloth Working from several r

Creating works of art gave me great joy. When I was 13 years old I was asked to give a live drawing demonstration inside a local shopping mall. I was overjoyed when a crowd gathered around me and I was able to show everyone what I could do. I went on

• I use Chroma Australia and start with Atelier Gesso Primer over the canvas. Then I use Archival Oils and mediums. • Cadmium Yellow Light• Raw Sienna Dark• Burnt Umber• Cadmium Red Light• Quinacridone Red Violet• French Ultramarine Blue• Cerulean Bl

• Canvas 450 x 910 mm.• Artists’ quality acrylic paints.• Various brushes.• Spatular.• Matisse Gel Medium 4. During the summer months in the hinterland State forests around Pomona on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, the flooded gums shed their bark and

As a child, I was always drawing, colouring, knitting, sculpting with clay, basically anything arty and creative that I could find would keep me quietly amused for hours. This passion followed me into high school where I took every art subject availa

• Art Spectrum Colourfix Paper Beige 100 x 70cm• Four values of Art Spectrum Flinders Blue Violet ranging from the darkest to the lightest• Art Spectrum Jacaranda two values• Two values of Art Spectrum Flinders Red Violet• Art Spectrum Warm Grey• Art

I have always been drawn to visual art, and started drawing at a young age and painting in my teen years. I became more serious about painting in my early 20s, and painted mainly in acrylics from made up work in my head (some quite unusual pieces), a

• A primed canvas board with a light orange mix of acrylic paint• Paints are a mix of Winsor and Newton Artists oils and Art Spectrum oils:• Titanium White• Ultramarine Blue• Rose Madder• Burnt Umber• Cadmium Yellow• Cadmium Orange• Indian Yellow• Ye