Artists Drawing and Inspiration Issue 23

In this issue of Artist’s Drawing and Inspiration, we feature six talented artists and their amazing drawing techniques. We cover pastels, pencils, pen and even scratchboard, each with step-by-step demonstrations. Also this issue, we are going to take you back to the good old days. Ellen Lee Osterfield kicks off her “Remember When” series with one of our favourite pastimes when things were a little simpler. No mobiles, no internet and definitely no Facebook or other social media. There was a time when to be social was to walk outside and play. Remember your first Billie-cart and the fun you had making it? Then driving it and the bruises and scratches that you received. Oh bring back the good old days! Get ready to draw! Yes, in our first part…

Hi! My name is Teresa and I live on the Gold Coast where I have opened an airbrushing art studio with my sister Sharen-Lee. I have been drawing and painting my whole life and now I am living the dream of doing what I love every day. I am a finalist in the 2016 Brisbane Art Prize for my painting called Joy. Life just doesn’t get much better than this. Please enjoy this small selection of my works. Cheers Teresa Franks name is Sharen-Lee and I have been painting and drawing my whole life. I live on the Gold Coast and about 6 years o I discovered airbrushing which I love to bits. My favourite subject is animals but I have recently been named as a alist in the 2016…

As with all children I loved to draw, colour in and create; this has been something which has stayed with me throughout my life. Having used many other mediums in art, namely coloured pencils, acrylics and oils, I do have a particular fondness for watercolour and graphite, both of which I use extensively for wildlife and botanical illustration. I was in the printing industry as a printer and graphic designer, and while working in London printed fabric for royalty and the ‘Chelsea designers’. I did enjoy this work because I had found a career which embodied stimulating work with design and colour. Nowadays, my main body of work revolves around wildlife and botanical illustration, which I am particularly passionate about because it affords me the scope of creativity, and encompasses…

MATERIALS • 300gm Stonehenge paper • Derwent Coloursoft Pencils – Lemon Yellow – Deep Cadmium – Lime Green – Pale Mint – Pea Green – Mid Green – Dark Green – Baby Blue – Pale Lavender – Loganberry – Cranberry – Indigo – White Grey – Grey Lavender – Grey Green STEP ONE Lightly pencil in the shape of the plant, carefully noting how the petals overlap. I use the lightest coloured pencil (Pale Mint) at this stage, as you are unable to erase graphite pencil later. STEP TWO I do a light covering of Lemon Yellow, avoiding the highlights, and now add Lime Green in the cooler parts and Deep Cadmium on the warmer. I apply each colour with a small circular movement, as this gives an even surface.…

• Make up a sample chart of all your colours, as they look quite different to the printed chart you get with the pencils. Keep it in the tin for quick reference. • Do several 'test' pieces before you start your masterpiece to get the layering of colours correct. Keep these for reference too. • Small, even movements of the pencils will blend and smooth the colours. • 'Zest-it' is a product you can use to further blend your colours if you wish. Apply with an old brush or cotton bud. It is nice to use as it smells of oranges.…

Drawing has always been an integral part of my life. I have been told that I was literally born with a pencil in my hand, producing my first ever drawing of a fish at two years of age. From there followed a keen desire to draw anything that took my fancy. The sheer wonderment of being presented with a blank piece of paper and then to be able to reproduce and create from your own imagination, scenes and subjects was a huge driving force. My early years were spent drawing animals and still life; the seascapes came much later. Although I studied Art in high school, it was practicality that determined my career path to bec oming a Registered Nurse, then a Midwife, after which raising a family interrupted my…