Artist's Palette

I have reached the magical French milestone of being ‘a woman of a certain age’. My life began in Sydney quite a few years ago. Now I live an almost idyllic life with my husband Tom … on our hill near the Queensland town of Agnes Water 1770. Five yea

• East Art stretched canvas – 30 x 40 inches.• Atelier Gesso Primer – White.• Winsor & Newton Artists’ Oil Colours.• Floor easel.• Sandpaper – P240 and P400.• Faithful gesso brush.• Vine charcoal.• Kneadable eraser.• Workable Matt Fixative.• Shaving

My long career as an airline pilot has sustained and invigorated my interests in aviation. Although now in retirement, I am still a pilot as well as a historian and an artist. I like to put a ‘pilot’s perspective’ into each of my paintings. I was bor

I draw the aircraft on paper. This allows me to change angles and views at will. Mistakes are easily erased without smudging the canvas. Some artists use a computer to print off their drawing – but I’m old school. I undercoat the canvas to a mid tone

I live and work in the eastern Adelaide suburb of Rostrevor, in South Australia. I was born in Gawler. My home is in the lower foothills with water catchments running past the front of the house. This attracts all kinds of wildlife from the hills – l

DEMONSTRATION Graphite • Mellotex paper: 610 x 475 mm.• HB and 2B Staedtler clutch pencils.• 2B graphite stick.• Tuff Stuff eraser.• Paper Mate ‘E’ Racer.• Plastic eraser.• Blu-Tack.• Paper stumps.• Tissues. After lightly sketching the outline, I loa

Before I started this simple leaf study, I walked my garden and collected gum leaves of all shapes and sizes – bug-eaten, mouldy, and even almost composted. It allowed me to record all stages of the autumn-to-winter transformation. Chroma, the maker

Meningie on the Coorong in South Australia is my home. I was born in Orange in the central west of New South Wales, and as the name suggests I am of Italian descent. I have always painted under my maiden name and I saw no reason to change after getti

I did not start out with any preconceived idea for this painting. What I always do is run around the edge of my paper with a candle … this stops my wash from running off and gives me a border to work within. You may also like to try making a few lin

Born in England, I migrated to Australia with my family in 1972. Since coming to this country I have always lived in Melbourne. I worked as a florist, and in retail, until I got married and started a family. My husband and I have five kids and two do