Innholdsfortegnelse for No 195 i Artist's Palette

MATERIALS • Fabriano Artistico Hot Press 300gsm paper• Faber Castell Series 9000 greyleads in F, HB and 2B• Faber Castell Polychromos colour pencils in Dark Sepia, Prussian Blue, Sky Blue.• Violet, Rose carmine) and Brown Ochre• Light Violet, Grey Green, Light Blue and Terracotta.• Derwent Artists colour pencils in Sky Blue and Blue Grey• Knitting needle STEP ONE Fairy wrens are very social birds and spend a lot of time on the ground, so the theme of this image is the welcoming of one bird to a new group against the complex backdrop of the floor debris. All my works are carefully designed, including all the background details, negative spaces and the amount of colour to greylead. The latter is kept in my mind rather than put into the initial…

Although I generally work with oil paint, I have chosen to do this demonstration in acrylic because the colours are very bold, dry more quickly and can easily be painted over if alterations are needed. As backgrounds take quite a lot of paint, I find the sample pots the most economical. If needed they can be easily tinted, and it is more than likely that you will use all the contents of the pot before it has time to thicken and or dry out –even if the pot is not sealed completely. The recommended brushes work for me but you could use any brushes you are comfortable with. STEP ONE Once I have decided on the format of my painting, I mist a fine spray of water across the horizon…

CAMILLE ENGEL’S TROMPE-L’OEIL OIL PAINTING DEPICTS BLACK RAVEN ON GAME TABLE WITH PLAYING CARDS Camille Engel, a visual artist who has been named one of the USA’s three artists to watch by Fine Art Connoisseur magazine, stepped back into the international arts spotlight in late September when one of her original oil paintings was exhibited at the 2011 International Guild of Realism Exhibition in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The artist’s painting, “Strike A Pose”, has been selected for the highly anticipated IGOR exhibition at the Sage Gallery, which was open to the public from September 30 to October 22, presenting the best in today’s realism art, featuring a wide spectrum from contemporary to classical realism, created by artists from all over the world. This is the sixth straight year an…

MATERIALS • Good quality canvas board• Turpentine• Linseed Oil• Four medium/large good quality square brushes.• One liner brush for branches and fine lines.• Titanium White, Ultra Blue, Ceruleaun Blue, Australian Grey, Red Gold, Sap Green, Paynes Grey, Leaf Green, Cadmium Red, Yellow Ochre, Olive Green and Violet. STEP ONE I began with a good quality canvas and gave it one coat of Gesso, and let it dry overnight. I then proceed to paint the scene in Paynes Grey, so I have an underpainting to follow with lights and darks. STEP TWO I work mainly from top of my painting to the bottom, first the sky area, which is a mixture of white and a small amount of Ceruleaun Blue, then move on to the middle distance, making sure the colour…

Although I started painting in 2005, my artistic journey commenced when I was quite small. As one of six children growing up in the 1950s in the suburbs of Brisbane, we were encouraged to spend most of our days outside. I, however, loved nothing better than to stay inside making dolls clothing and furniture from material scraps and bits of cardboard while my busy, creative Mum sewed clothes for her ever-growing family. The need to create was very strong in me and evidenced by my inventiveness, including teaching myself to crochet at age 12 using a reel of cotton and the head of a pin as the crochet hook. Practical fabric and yarn arts including sewing, crochet, knitting and tatting were my main forms of creativity up to and including…

Born in Dubbo NSW in 1981 and raised around the Mudgee/ Gulgong area of NSW, I have a deep appreciation and love for nature, the landscape and painting. From an early age I had always drawn in pencil and was always amazed and inspired by the natural world I was also deeply inspired by surrounding countryside around the Mudgee Gulgong Region of NSW. Sensations of light, space, colour and atmosphere pushed my enthusiasm to see more and represent it through my art. When I turned 16 I began to work in oils, inspired by my late grandmother who was also a competent landscape painter in her later years. The introduction of oils into my art opened a new avenue to explore my love for the landscape. Supported by family, friends…

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 totally, drawing a carefully considered work with lots of detail and accuracy. Pencils have always been my chosen medium, even though I learnt all other mediums. I thoroughly enjoy the feeling of using pencil and the effects created by pencil and can happily spend many hours with a pencil in hand. At university, I studied all forms of 2D and 3D art, but majored in printmaking, etching and lithography – both being a form of drawing. Graduating with a Diploma of Visual Arts and a Graduate Diploma of…

MATERIALS • A3 Sketch Paper• A3 160 gsm Canson Mid Blue Mi-Teints Pastel Paper• Art Spectrum Pastels: Raw Umber, Aqua Marine Blue, Titanium White• Rembrandt Pastels: Ultramarine Deep, Prussian Blue, Ultramarine Light, Light Oxide Red, Permanent Red• Faber Castel Pastels: Dark Indigo, Pink Madder Lake, Cobalt Turquoise, Light Green• Light coloured pastel pencil• Blue Painter’s Tape which is removable and will not damage the paper.• Micador Fixative Workable Mat• Small soft brush STEP ONE I have chosen to do this demonstration from a photograph I took of my beloved grandson Joseph when he went fishing with his Dad at Nudgee Beach outside Brisbane. As we were visitors to Brisbane, we were unaware of the fishing restriction at Nudgee Beach – it is a good thing that no fish were caught!!…

My ‘art’ journey was restricted initially to dabbling in hobbies and crafts including decoupage, paper tolle, folk art, pottery, woodworking and lead lighting, until my two sons reached secondary college. Utilising my skills in tracing, gridding up, machine sewing embroidery and patchwork, I began operating a ‘boutique industry’ from home designing and manufacturing ‘wearable art’, (3D appliqué clothing with matching Fimo earrings for women and children), selling under the label “Rozzie’s Ozzies” - naturally! When a silk painting weekend workshop was organised by the college, I volunteered as a ‘parent assistant’. (Thank you, Jaden). I was absolutely fascinated by the art tutor’s contagious enthusiasm..... and the silk-painting technique. The tutor, Barbara Grollmus, exposed me to a world previously unknown to me, and my passion for painting and all things art…