No 185

Artist's Palette

The magazine for all artists

Artist's Palette4 min read
Blue Skies and Ochre Earth
My family immigrated from England to ‘the lucky country’ in 1970 as ten pound Poms, and settled in Adelaide, South Australia. I was born in Walsall in 1963. I now reside in Forestville on Adelaide’s fringe, where I have set up my studio. As far back
Artist's Palette2 min readVisual Arts
The Cyclists
• MDF board. • Acrylic Gesso. • Sandpaper. • Sponge and old rags. • Screwdriver. • Odourless turps. • Winsor & Newton Liquin Fine Detail. • Selected brushes. • Selected artists’ oil paints. • Satin Varnish. I started with a board, which was prepared
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Pencils and Other Drawing Tools
Happy with a brush in your hand? Then Derivan Liquid Pencil is the product for you. With Liquid Pencil, you can achieve results equivalent to a graphite pencil, using a brush. The versatility is such that using a fine brush, you can paint strokes lik
Artist's Palette6 min read
Serious Addiction
I was born in Cambridgeshire, in the United Kingdom. I met my Australian husband when he was on a working holiday in the UK, and he ‘kidnapped’ me and brought me to Australia in the mid ’70s. Seymour in Victoria is my home now. I work for Victoria Po
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A Touch of Gold
For this demonstration, I chose to paint a scene of the Goulburn River, Seymour. Water is one of my favourite subjects. I obtained the reference material on a warm summer evening just as the sun was going down, and the mosquitoes were coming out! I t
Artist's Palette4 min read
Turning Wheels
Warwick in Queensland is the town where I was born, back in 1950. Growing up I was surrounded by a lot of animals – my favourites being horses, dogs, cats and birds. I was also surrounded by beautiful countryside. I favoured the areas growing crops a
Artist's Palette3 min read
Gum Blossoms
• Prepared canvas 500 x 600 cm. • Artists’ Acrylics: Black base coat paint; Pine Green; Antique Green; Sap Green; Raw Sienna; Cadmium Medium Yellow; Naples Yellow Hue; Burnt Sienna; Raw Umber; Carbon Black; Nimbus Grey; Titanium White; Red Violet; Ca
Artist's Palette6 min read
Emotional Navigation
My Dad was one of my biggest fans and he supported my artwork in many ways. He watched me paint and he designed a watercolour palette which he made for me. When I did the ‘Emotional Navigation’ series, the palette still had some leftover paint from t
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Jacquie’s Daffodils
• Arches Watercolour Paper 185gsm, Medium CP. • Pen: Uni-pin 0.8, waterproof pigment ink. • Paints: Olive Green; Davy’s Grey; Raw Sienna; French Ultramarine Blue (applied by brush with water and brush flicker; and with dry paint on tube using frictio
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Impressionistic Realist
I came to Australia in 1962, at the age of 14. I was born in England. I now live in Ruse (in New South Wales). I teach three small art classes at Picton and Camden. I have been painting for about 19 years and I just keep getting keener with time. Onl
Artist's Palette3 min readVisual Arts
View from Kurrajong
• 3mm MDF board, with a couple of coats of acrylic primer (applied with a fabric roller). • Artists’ oil paints: French Ultramarine Blue; Cadmium Red; Cadmium Yellow Pale; Alizarin; Cadmium Orange; Yellow Ochre; Viridian; Titanium White. • Bristle br

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