Innholdsfortegnelse for Issue 46 i Artists Drawing and Inspiration

DEMONSTRATION Pastels The subject for this demonstration was inspired by a true story, told by a local gentleman about his grandfather who had the task of training the remounts as they arrived in Egypt during World War I. Riding a quiet horse he would lead three others into the soft sands of the desert, then one by one he would ride them. The soft sand made the going much harder for the horse to misbehave, and if either of them fell it would be a soft landing. MATERIALS • Peterboro Conservation Matboard as ground • Derwent Pastel Pencils- to draw up the subject, and my signature ( I often use Conté crayon for this ) • Rembrandt Pastels- my favourite pastel and used for most of this work. • Schminke…

Retiring from the workforce in mid-2013 provided me with the valuable commodity of free time. I had always wished to recommence my long dormant capacity for sketching at some point and now, being time-rich, I was able to pick up my pencils again. While I never received any formal art instruction, on reflection my natural interest in sketching is not surprising. At high school, my favourite subject was always technical drawing, in particular the perspective components. Additionally, I was an Engineering/Architectural Draftsman in my first 12 years in the workforce. The skills relating to the basic concepts of proportion and structure that were forged during those early years provided me with a base set of techniques that I have now been able to call upon in my current sketching endeavours.…

For this demonstration, I have chosen a beautiful photo of a gorgeous nineteen year old cat called Mochko. I took the photo when he was enjoying the last rays of sunshine for the day. His is old and has health issues, and so this portrait is now treasured by his human, and will remain in his collection as a memory of his best friend. This is one of the most beautiful things that we can offer as artists - to immortalise our fur family, and people. There is a natural flow that you will find in your style ... no style is right or wrong. I haven’t used some techniques in this piece; I have focused on line work and achieving a realistic result with toned paper. You can use…

Born in 1945 in Newcastle, NSW, I lived at Waratah and Stockton. My grandfather Albert Sheppard introduced me to art by collecting thin sticks and showing me how to form them into outlines of boats and houses on the sand at Stockton. His brother, my Uncle Edgar, a well- known artist in Sydney, used to fascinate me, as I would watch him draw old boatsheds and wharfs along the Hunter River. From this and watching my dad doodling round the edge of a newspaper and mum painting little animal models etc., I always had interest in art. When I was five years of age, my dad decided we should move to Macksville as he tried to make a living from fishing. Living in an aged, small, fibro house I have…

I enrolled at the South Australian School of Art immediately after leaving school, and like most part-time students, started with Object Drawing, Design and Colour followed by Antique Drawing (drawing from antique casts). Around this time I was lucky enough to get a job in the display studio with Myer Rundle Street store and my lifetime interest in art began. My career however was to be in advertising where I started as a layout man, and became a commercial artist, copywriter and account service manager. Advertising enticed me to Melbourne where I lived until returning to Adelaide 12 years ago. After 30 years in advertising I retired early and took up painting and immediately discovered I had no idea how to paint watercolours. So I had lessons including one year…

The RES is Newcastle’s #1 Reservoir. This underground treasure was constructed in 1882 and was Newcastle’s first subterranean drinking water supply. It was decommissioned in the early 1960s. Hunter Water has recently restored and opened the RES for public tours. I was fortunate to gain access to the RES, allowing me to collect my reference photos for my sketch. I gifted my original sketch to Hunter Water, in appreciation of permitting me access into this special part of Newcastle’s history. MATERIALS • Daler-Rowney 300g/m2 Aquafine paper, A3 size • Staedtler Mars Lumograph Graphite Pencils 6H – 8B range • Paper Mate ComfortMate ULTRA Propelling Pencils 0.5mm HB & 2B • Staedtler Mars plastic eraser • Micador Group Fixative Workable Mat STEP ONE The detail contained in the reference photo required…

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 love of horses – all animals but most especially horses. I was told that as soon as my tiny hands could use a pencil I was drawing horses – and I continued drawing them. I studied every picture of horses I could find, every horse that we drove past on the way to church or to town, and I read every book about horses I could get my hands on, whether fiction or the care of horses or Olympic dressage!…

I have decided to just tape the edges of my paper down with masking tape onto an old plywood cupboard door, but a 3 or 4-ply board is fine. I make sure the paper is parallel with the edges of the board as it aids in ruling grid lines accurately. Larger drawings are better stretched with water and gummed tape. If you decide to enlarge the drawing of your photo, allow for a good border with your paper. Now for my photo. MATERIALS • A smooth water colour sheet 150 to 250 gsm, 700 x 540cm • Staedtler pigment liner 0.05, 0.1, 0.6 • Pencil 2H, HB, 6B • Backing board • 1m steel ruler • Good quality eraser • Masking tape • Camera with a good zoom lens STEP…

The aim was to use a limited palette of blues, off white, greens and red. At all times I made a conscious effort to keep the pastels as clean as possible laying them side by side and avoiding blending. The scene is quite simple and therefore the painting technique can be kept simple. A painting like this can generally be completed very quickly. The red flowers are the purpose and feature of the painting. MATERIALS • 300 x 400mm sheet of Colourfix sanded • Soft pencil • Felt marker pen • Pastels from Terry Ludwig, Schmincke and Unison sets STEP ONE The scene depicted here does not exist. My inspiration came from a side view of a recently renovated Cape Cod cottage. The bougainvillea is located just around the corner…

Art has always been a part of me. Since I was first able to hold a pencil, I have been obsessed with drawing. I am generally an analytical artist. Most of my work is meticulously planned and I take great pleasure when the end result matches the vision in my head. Most of my work contains little or no colour. I find the abundance of colour to be trivialising and empty. For me, it lacks the depth that grey-scale can offer. When I do use colour, I use it sparingly – either in muted form or amongst a grey-scale majority. I work in a variety of styles and media. Though I am most recognised for my yarn paintings and realistic charcoal drawings, I also enjoy using acrylic and mixed media.…