Australian How To Paint

Jenny Hartley is a Queenslander who has been an active painter since 1990 – creating works of art in graphite, watercolours and acrylics. Her childhood, spent on the family farm near Casino in New South Wales, installed within her a deep love of the

I remember always being passionate about drawing, from childhood right through to now. I always knew, deep down, that being a pencil artist was my career path. Even as a youngster, I was never prolific ever, but would spend many hours absorbed totall

• Genesis Heat Set Oil Colours: Genesis Red; Ultramarine Blue; Genesis Yellow; Sap Green; Phthalo Green; Titanium White; Burnt Umber; Red Oxide; Mars Black.• Brushes: Roymac Golden Sable sizes 000, 1, 2, 4 and 6.• Round Tip Palette Knife.• Background

• Reference photographs.• 300gsm Arches watercolour paper.• Artists’ watercolour paints in selected colours.• Selected brushes.• Soft graphite stick.• An assortment of reference photographs was used to define the direction of this painting … a slow a

Murray Charteris is quickly gaining a reputation for his dynamic energy-filled fine art. His bold colours and powerful compositions come together to produce artwork that is increasingly sought after. His original paintings are seemingly being snapped

Cryla was the first ever Artists Acrylic produced commercially, introduced into Europe in 1963 by the Rowney Company. Cryla Artists’ Acrylic colour is a very heavy-bodied colour with a high loading of the very purest, permanent and lightfast pigments

I have always enjoyed being “creative” and when I was young I was forever making some type of craft or sewing. I loved art at school and couldn’t wait for class, but I didn’t believe I could paint, my love being drawing and sculpture. It wasn’t until

Brenda Holden spent her formative years in the foothills of Adelaide. Hiking around waterfalls in the area, she grew to love the abundant birdlife. While young, she spent many years in Broken Hill and outback Western Australia – all the while develop

I was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania (USA) in 1974. These days I live in the Brisbane suburb of Yeronga. I moved to Brisbane in December 2007 with my husband Eric, who is a marine biologist at the University of Queensland. I have a small studio belo

I roughly painted my canvas by using up remaining paints from a previous painting in earthy tones. I rubbed out some areas and added more paint into sections and left any marks that will represent the dry earth and twigs etc. As I do not intend to pa

• Ampersand Claybord (smooth white).• Black waterproof acrylic or India ink.• Acrylic round brushes with sharp points (Numbers 2 and 6).• White cotton gloves (available at the grocery store).• A sheet of tracing paper.• Craft knife with several Numbe