Innholdsfortegnelse for No 175 i Artist's Palette

MATERIALS • Stretched canvas (18 x 18 inches), with an extra coat of gesso. • Floor standing easel, with a table nearby. • Plastic document case for storing paint in freezer between uses. • Glass palette. • Liquin. • De-Solv-It (available cheaply from Bunnings) for cleaning brushes. • Plenty of rags cut into manageable pieces. • Artists’ oils: Ultramarine Blue; Cobalt Blue; Manganese Blue; Phthalo Green; Burnt Umber; Burnt Sienna; Cadmium Red; Alizarin Crimson; Yellow Ochre; Cadmium Yellow Medium; Lemon Yellow; Australian Red Gold; Titanium White. • Bristle brushes (including Mont Marte Chungking flats); Taklon brushes; soft wide flat Sable brush for the seawater and glazing; and small round Sables for fine details. The Bunda Cliffs on the Great Australian Bight caught our attention as my husband and I were…

MATERIALS • Canson Mi Teintes pastel paper 160gsm (Toba). • Soft pastels: Rembrandt; Faber Castell Studio range; Winsor & Newton. • Black and white charcoal pencils. • Pastel pencils (soft and hard): Faber Castell; Pitt Pastell; Bruynzeel. • Workable Matt Fixative. • Kneadable eraser. • Paper stumps: 2, 4 and 6. • Bristle brush – Size 0. • Maul stick. • Wet and dry cloths for cleaning fingers. • CD player and inspiring music … Classical, New World, Jazz. STEP ONE I like to take many photographs and observe the animal for myself. Otherwise, I ask for as many photographs as the owner can supply. I enlarge chosen photographs to A4 size on my computer, and I print them out in colour and black and white (this helps me with…

Robert Kremnizer was born in India in 1943, while his parents were en route from Poland to Australia. He now resides in the Sydney suburb of Bellevue Hill, and works in Double Bay Some . would consider that as a 65 year old lawyer this man’s background is probably not suitable artist material. Aside from a busy legal career, he has also written four books on Jewish philosophy (kabbalah). But now for the real story … As a boy growing up, Robert always wanted to be a painter and he was strongly encouraged by his parents. They made all the materials and conditions very available and he had lessons for many years with Justin O’Brian who taught him drawing and painting. In his teen years, he entered the Blue Mountains…

MATERIALS • Pre-primed wide edge canvas. • Atelier Clear Painting Medium. • Atelier Acrylics: Pthalo Blue; French Ultramarine Blue; Dioxazine Purple. • Dulux Acrylic house paints (sample pots are best). • Old sheet music. • Glue or Gel Medium. • Various stencils (many things can become stencils – paper doilies, CDs, lace tablecloths – have a look around the house and you will be surprised what you can use). • A small craft roller. • Acrylic paints in various colours for the background and flowers; including Gold. • Medium house painting brush. • Knitting needle; nail file; screwdriver (a fine Phillips head is best, as you can control the flow). • Palette knife. • Water spray. • Stereo and good music. From heart to art, the joy of creating cannot…

MATERIALS • Arches watercolour paper. • Drawing tools. • Gouache. • Artists’ quality watercolour paints. • Selected brushes. This particular painting was commissioned for someone moving overseas. The scene depicts the view from their family home. The client wanted the dam, windmill and gum tree in the painting. The swamp hens in the foreground are frequent visitors to the house. They are local characters. Given a chance, they will make a mess on the verandah and steal the apples from under the apple tree. For the painting I used my preferred medium which is gouache and watercolour on Arches watercolour paper. STEP ONE Before I began the drawing, I washed the paper blue and let it dry completely. I accurately drew the swamp hen in first – from a series…

• Use De-Solv-It to clean most of the paint from brushes, then wash them with pure soap and water and give them a dunk in kerosene to stop them hardening above the ferule. • If you have the room in your freezer you can just place your whole palette in there umtil next time; but remove any Liquin first (it does not freeze well). • An alternative is to carefully scrape leftover paint into a lidded plastic document case to prevent paint touching food in the freezer. The case also works well as a travel palette. Let your paints warm up for about 30 minutes before use. • Work quickly with a big brush to keep your painting loose. Details come much later. • If using MDF board, seal it…

• Never start something that you are not absolutely happy about. Down tools when frustration sets in; go outside, go for a walk. • Once you have signed your work, don’t be tempted to go back and retouch it. • Do something artistic every day, however small it may be. Take time out every day to observe what is around you. • Take lots of photographs of things you find interesting or unusual. • Always be open to learning as much as you can, from whatever sources you can find.…

MATERIALS • Stretched canvas. • Artists’ quality oil paints. • Selected artists’ brushes. I have a dear friend, Rabbi Lieder, who is a giant of a human being giving endlessly to families through his charity centre. He is a big man in all ways … physically, emotionally and spiritually. His nature burns with serious humour. Everything is important but everything people consider important is demonstrated as comically trivial in the greater scheme of things. STEP ONE In painting portraits, some remarks are obvious but still need to be made. Clearly there needs to be a likeness. Furthermore, if a portrait is to advance on a photograph, some measure of the subject’s personality and character needs to be brought out in paint. To address the likeness, I measure very carefully all…

• Glazing will soften any areas of your work that seem too intense. If you go too dark, wipe off straight away with a damp cloth; then break down your colour with more painting medium and reapply. • I like to edge my canvases at the start of my work in a dark blue or purple. This way, I keep the finished painting clear of smudges. • Work on two separate canvases at the same time. As one is drying, you can keep the creative flow going by continuing on the other piece. • Keep paper towel handy to wipe your hands in between colours. • Play, have fun. Put your music on and create a melody of your own on the canvas. From ‘Heart to Art’ … let it…

• The initial rough is made up of the most basic lines. I get a pretty good idea from the rough if it is going to work, and it gives me a good idea of the shape (landscape or portrait) and size of canvas I am going to use. • I work as fast as I can in some areas, as I need certain colours to mix together. • Experiment: Your excuse is, it’s being creative. • Experimenting can lead to you accidentally creating your own individual techniques. • Don’t try and get every detail with a brush. Instead, use different colours and grades of pastel pencils. • When drizzling and flicking paint, do it in an open area – so you don’t become restricted with your arm movements. •…

I am an Aussie with Polish origins. My father was born in Warsaw; he served in the Polish army and spent the last eight months of the war as a German POW on the outskirts of Hamburg. My mother was born in Lodz, Poland. She had to flee her home and also ended up on the outskirts of Hamburg. They met and married, and were moved to another refugee camp near the city. I was born in the camp in 1947. Two years later our little family arrived in Australia – a couple of weeks before Christmas 1949. My Aussie husband Barry and I have been married since November 1968 and we have two children. Our daughter is also an emerging artist. My Polish heritage has a big influence on…

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 in Deer Park from 1999 to 2008. She is now studying the course ‘Artways’ at Footscray Arts Centre. She is passionate about expressing her poetry on canvas. “I have gone from painting simple floral arrangements and landscapes to metamorphic art and poetic imagery,” she reveals. “At age 20, I took an intensive course in plastic art because I always loved art and I wanted to decorate my new house which my fiancé had bought.” Carmen was a hobby artist until four years ago when she started selling…

I was born in the north Queensland city of Townsville. That was also where I grew up. I believe my artistic career began when I was a very small child. My dad was a signwriter with a unique talent for design. He created intricate scrolling and gold leaf lettering using handmade brushes called ‘dagger liners’. I loved watching him work throughout my childhood, and when I started school I decided that art was my favourite subject. Being an only child for the first ten years of my life, I quite happily occupied my time with drawing and colouring. From time to time I entered competitions to win very desirable prizes like movie tickets, baskets of Easter eggs and art supplies. When I was 11 years old, I did a pencil…

Queensland was by birthplace. I spent my early childhood living in different cities across Australia and overseas because my father was in the Army. When I was 13, we moved to Toowoomba where sadly we lost my father in a car accident. My family and I have lived here on the Darling Downs for most of my life now, apart from three years spent in Perth. I currently teach Small Business Management while I continue to pursue my art business and goals. Combining full-time work, motherhood and art can be challenging. My art comes from my heart and there is no stopping it – so I fill my mornings and weekends with painting and keep setting new goals. I love to paint. I find it rewarding when people buy my…

An empty canvas is always challenging, but has the potential to become a significant piece of artwork. It was always explained to me that a painting is like a sunset … they’re all nice, but sometimes we’ll stand back and look at one and say, “Wow! How amazing and beautiful it is!” I dedicate every painting to my late brother Steven who inspired me to paint. Wollongong in New South Wales has been my home since I was born. I left school in 1984, to pursue my career as a cartoonist. There were a lot more magazines publishing cartoons back then – like The Bulletin and The Australasian Post. I had my first big break in 1985 with The Bulletin magazine accepting and publishing one of my very first cartoons.…