My inspiration for this painting related to memories of Istanbul. I was overwhelmed by the city’s mystic, history and culture. Visiting the mosques; wandering through narrow, streets; being surrounded by the shoe polishers and attentive soft drink ve

This picture of an old shearing shed is a very ‘Australian’ scene with dark shadows and a white roof against the sky. Summer thunderstorms are a feature in the area, and cloud patterns are often dramatic – with different levels of cloud travelling in

Janet Smith has enjoyed drawing and painting for as long as she can remember. In 1940, at the age of ten, she was able to attend children’s art classes at the Adelaide School of Art. It was a formative stage in her career. “The first year was with Gl

The human mind is a strange and wonderful thing. It spends it’s time on the Earth as best it can, with wildly varying degrees of success depending on its own genetic starting point, beliefs, merits, forces (both from within and without), and circumst

Cees Sliedrecht was born in Holland. He started drawing at the age of three – copying little cartoons, and making pictures of his home, his pets, and imaginary figures from stories. His father was an amateur artist who endowed him with enthusiasm for

I always start with an inspiration which many times comes by surprise and stays dormant in my mind, like a seed waiting to germinate. I gather as many elements for reference as possible, but only select a few (5 or 6) with the features that will give

My first memories of art were from when I was about five years old and had a colouring-in book, and I distinctly remember my mother saying how good it was that I stayed within the lines. After leaving school I was involved in the display department a

Perception is a funny thing, also by definition a very personal thing. I have learned a great deal over the years by slowly (and sometimes painfully) becoming aware of and analysing my own perceptions and every bit as importantly if not even more so,

Contributed Tucked away in the leafy mountain village of Buderim is one of the Sunshine Coast’s best-kept secrets … and also one of Queensland’s most beautiful and memorable galleries. Here is where you can see some of Australia’s finest artists in a

Using an Aquarelle pencil, sketch in the subjects, then use masking fluid to protect the areas being painted with a brush. Using Schminke airbrush solutions of Sepia, Olive Green, Neutral Grey and Ochre, create a background of farmhouses and bush. Th

Let me tell you about my dream – I, Fernando Guimarães Correia, was born on 30 December 1946 in Braga, Portugal to a traditional family of artists - father, grandfather (died before I was born), uncle and cousin all Sacred Art artists, living and wor

Patrick Dagg is a Sydney based artist creating paintings and ceramics that capture the fragility of the human form. Through his vibrant colours and gestural composition there exudes a spirit and imagination that both questions and celebrates life. B

As Steve Miller once said “Time keeps on slipping, into the future”. It definitely is a slippery little sucker, no doubt about that. You have to invent, generate, develop, and persist with many strategies over the years to have any hope at all of wre

Water is around us everywhere. It is in the clouds, in the ocean, in rain, in mist and in fog. Water can be gentle and calm, or can be wild and ferocious. It can reflect like a mirror, echoing the sky and clouds or the surrounding foliage or landscap

Living in Queensland on the Gold Coast, over the past 35 years this artist has dabbled in oils, graphite drawing, pastel and acrylic but her true passion is for watercolour. Some people know from a very young age that they are destined to be an artis

As you progress with your artwork you will probably experiment with many different paint mediums. As all artists develop their skills by trial and error, the way forward for an artist is experimentation; ‘what paints will I use?’, ‘what paper should

Now, don’t get me wrong. I like everything to be neat, tidy, organised, and clean. I know I could quite (scarily) easily become completely absorbed (far past the point of obsession) in cleaning, organising, sharpening, maintaining, categorising, alph

Carmen Ibis Novoa was born at Montevideo, Uruguay. She moved to Australia and has made her home at Albanvale, Melbourne. This lady first learned plastic art in Uruguay. Then, in Australia, she was tutored by Robert Mangion at the Hunt Club Art Centre

Green is the colour of nature. Look around and you will see an astonishing number of varied green colours. Knowing how to mix green is essential. It is used in most landscape paintings and the greens can vary enormously in a landscape, from area to a

Why do I paint? Because I was born with a tremendous passionate love of horses...and I didn’t have one of my own! Let me explain. Painting and drawing – especially drawing, has been an integral part of me for as long as I can remember and so has the