Australian How To Paint Issue 23

In this issue of How to Paint we focus on our pets. We have handpicked some great artists who have great pleasure in drawing and painting their pets. Dogs, cats and birds are our favourites so we hope you get some inspiration to paint your favourite pet. We cover a variety of mediums and techniques for you to be inspired by. We would love to see your own drawings and paintings of your pets so please send us an email or letter with photos of your work. Please send them to Woodlands Publishing, PO Box 8035 Glenmore Park NSW 2745 or simon@wpco.com.au . We would like to invite you to subscribe to Australian How to Paint, so you don’t miss out on any issue. You’ll enjoy savings and each magazine…

Hazel started painting in oils when she was eleven years old and did her first paid commission at age 16. It was, of course, an animal painting! Completely self-taught, Hazel is a multi-award winning wildlife artist, and her atmospheric paintings have gained international recognition. She is also a dedicated animal rights advocate and wildlife rescuer. Living in Tasmania, Hazel is one of the original members of Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary’s Friends of Carers (FOCs). FOC volunteers are part of a state-wide network of wildlife rescuers who receive text message callouts alerting them to injured and/or orphaned wildlife needing assistance. In the past it was left to the dedicated but overworked wildlife carers to collect injured wildlife from roadsides and properties and transport them to and from vet clinics. Now the FOCs…

MATERIALS • Stretched artist’s quality canvas measuring 40 x 50cm • 1/8 Art Basics 125 Taklon dagger brushes • ¼ Art Basics 126 Taklon angular brushes • 1” Neef 988 Taklon oval brush • 1” Art Basics mop brush • Non-toxic odourless solvent • Heat gun • Final coat air drying, low gloss varnish • Genesis Heat Set Oil Paints: – Burnt Umber – Raw Umber – Yellow Ochre – Payne’s Grey – Titanium White – Carbon Black – Raw Sienna – Burnt Sienna – Plthalo Blue 01 – Dioxazine Purple 01 – Genesis Yellow (equivalent to Cadmium Yellow medium) STEP ONE After transferring my sketch of Sandy onto the canvas, I began blocking in the background. As the background will be shrouded in mist, I wasn’t concerned about putting…

• Painting eyes: Eyes are like water – they reflect the sky. They’re also fluid and transparent. Looking into an animal’s eye is a bit like looking into a moist marble! Eyes are not a flat colour – they are layers of different colours and often have flecks of colours such as amber, gold or green. To achieve this layering, I paint the eyes as a series of glazes, making sure each layer is completely dry before applying the next. If the pet you are painting is being depicted in bright light, the eyes will have significant catch lights (reflections). (Examples 1 & 2) There are two types of catch lights – primary and secondary. Generally the secondary catch light will be darker and less well defined than the primary.…

I’ve lived most of my life in the small mining town, of Charters Towers, Queensland, where, as a child, I often prospected for gold and fished on the coast with my family. My love of art came early; often I watched my mother’s craft group dabble for hours in their different crafts. I drew, just for the love of it, often losing hours of the day, mainly drawing lots of birds, fish and horses and other animals. I continued my love of art as a subject in high school, often only just touching on various styles and mediums, (screen printing, charcoal, lino prints, and pastels, but never really finding what I had a passion for. I went from high school straight into working, doing all sorts of jobs, mainly as…

MATERIALS • Small canvas approximately 26cm x 20cm • Cartridge paper • 2H graphite pencil • Rubber • White pastel pencil • Small round sponge (like you’d use to shine your shoes) • Primer Atelier Gesso • Derivan Impasto Medium • Fine tip brush 5/0 • Small and larger nylon brushes • Rough small brush • Lino cutting tool (small u shape) • Serrated steak knife • Bookleaf pine leaves • Derivan Matisse Flow paints: Cobalt teal, Aqua teal light, Phthalo green and blue, Ultramarine blue, Cadmium orange and yellow • Chromacryl: Violet and Magenta • Student acrylics: Titanium white, Jet black, Cadmium yellow, Scarlet, Violet, Cobalt blue, Vermillion, Metallic silver, Metallic violet • Old newspaper • Small foam roller • Toothpicks • Scissors • Matt picture varnish STEP ONE…