Australian How To Paint

I have always loved to draw, and have done so since early childhood. My Dad sketched, and I know that his interest and praise of my early attempts made me even more determined to practice. At seven years of age I won First Prize for my flower drawing

I was born and raised in Chandler, a suburb of Brisbane. I am the third child of seven. Every member of my family has artistic talent, either visually or musically. My mum saw in each one of her children potential of some sort and encouraged us to re

• Winsor and Newton Artisan Oil Paint• Canvas - fine weave• Mixed brushes, mainly synthetic flats• Acrylic Black• Acrylic Maroon• White coloured pencil• Reference sketches and photographs My plan is to create a story … an interaction between the hor

Born in Sydney in 1945, John’s early life was something of a Huckleberry Finn existence. Surrounded by large tracts of land, parks and rivers, he was relatively free to roam during his schooling years, and explored the surrounding areas extensively,

• Stretched linen canvas• Artist’s oil paints: Titanium White, Yellow Ochre, Permanent Blue, Spectrum Red Liquol Medium• Variety of hog hair and synthetic brushes  I enjoy working from life. Occasionally though, I find a photograph that grabs my atte

I use good quality Belgian linen, prepared on stretcher bars for larger works or sometimes I mount the linen onto a timber backing using acid free EVA glue, making the canvas surface firm, enabling me to paint the detail with more accuracy. For small

Through the eyes of Adam Cullen, the art of Cash Brown appears to follow the academic tradition. His opening question to her addressed this interesting topic. “I have always been interested in making art,” said Cash. “Even as a small child, I was pro

• Watercolour Paper: 300 gsm Saunders, Rough.• Artists’ Quality Watercolour Paints – mostly Winsor + Newton.• 4B Pencil.• Kneadable Eraser.• Brushes – good quality Artists’ Brushes with nice points. Generally, I begin a work by making a sketch on pap

I was born in Cape Town -South Africa in 1967. With Dad working in the Prison Services we moved a few times and ended up in a town called Witbank in the Transvaal, (now called Mapumalanga) where I grew up, got married and had my children, Jean and Sc

When Alan Slade was a child, he loved to draw. He would spend hours sketching cartoon characters from comics. He also made pencils drawings from life, using his brothers and sisters and subjects. He has a career background as a toolmaker in aircraft

• Good quality canvas given an extra coat of Gesso• Oil Paints: Titanium White, Mars Black, Payne’s Gray, Raw Umber, Burnt Umber, Raw Sienna, Burnt Sienna, Lemon Yellow, Yellow Ochre, Sap Green, Oxide of Chromium• Brushes: Artist First Choice Taklon

• 12 x 18 inch canvas board.• Artists’ quality oil paints: Titanium White; French Ultramarine Blue; Cerulean Blue; Permanent Crimson; Cadmium Scarlet; Cadmium Yellow; Spectrum Yellow; Burnt Sienna; Light Red; Yellow Ochre; Raw Sienna; Viridian; Pruss

Daniel was born in 1962 in Sydney, NSW. After staying a few years in Cronulla in Sydney’s south, his family moved to out to Deniliquin in the Riverina region of NSW. It was here that he spent his early childhood being allowed to roam freely and explo

After drawing the guide lines onto the canvas, the sky, sea and underwater rocks are blocked in. The beach and headland are blocked in and more work is done on the underwater rocks. I start to define the rocks and coral in the foreground. A lot of

I grew up in South Africa during the eighties, a very turbulent time in the history of my country as well as that of the world, with the threat of nuclear war seemingly around every bend. These dark influences, along with the incredible people and na

• Sketch Phase• Pebeo Indian ink wash• Dahler Rowney 1” flat brush (watercolour)• Dynasty round brushes (watercolour)• Oils Phase• Simple, limited palette: Winton paint, unless otherwise specified• Naples Yellow (Art Spectrum, significantly more inte