Brenda Holden spent her formative years in the foothills of Adelaide. Hiking around waterfalls in the area, she grew to love the abundant birdlife. While young, she spent many years in Broken Hill and outback Western Australia – all the while develop

• Soft Chalk Pastels (artist quality) – hand-made by Jeff Waterson, Art Spectrum and Rembrandt.• Pastel Pencils – Stabilo CarbOthello – favourites include: 1400/105 Cream; 1400/760 Dark Blue Grey; 1400/635 Dark Brown; 1400/706 Grey.• Spray Fixative.•

From a very young age, I always liked to paint and draw. My first lessons were at the age of 13 years. I learned the basic principles of tone, form and perspective; beginning with charcoal before progressing to oils. I painted in oils until the mid 1

• Arches 340gsm hot press paper.• Colour palette: Cobalt Blue; Indigo; Raw Sienna; Burnt Sienna; Black; Windsor Red.• Brushes: Number 12 Raphael mop; Number 8 mop; Number 6 mop; Number 3 and Number 5 Golden Sable synthetic. I photographed this scene

• Paper: 175gsm Skytone Text Pewter (finished size 26 x 17 cm).• Propelling Pencils: Staedtler 2H and HB, 0.5 leads. The hydrangea in this demonstration drawing by Helene Wild was slowly wilting while she worked. Because she has found that flowers (i

• Genesis Heat Set Oil Colours: Genesis Red; Ultramarine Blue; Genesis Yellow; Sap Green; Phthalo Green; Titanium White; Burnt Umber; Red Oxide; Mars Black.• Brushes: Roymac Golden Sable sizes 000, 1, 2, 4 and 6.• Round Tip Palette Knife.• Background

• Canvas• Assorted oil paints: Pthalo Blue, Viridian Green, Indigo, Burnt Sienna, Cadmium Yellow, Cadmium Orange, Forest Green, Gum Leaf Dark, Cadmium Yellow Light, Cadmium Green, Ultramarine Blue, Lemon Yellow, Titanium White,• Atelier Artist Qualit

Jenny Greentree resides on an ancient red ridge overlooking Gidgee Lake – quite literally out the ‘Back of Bourke’ in western New South Wales. Her home has been a source of inspiration which has helped to unlock her exciting God-given talents. Jenny

The need to illustrate his surroundings has long been a hallmark of the human. Some claims suggest that our ancestors were drawing on the walls of their caves 35,000 years ago – embellishing the rocks with pictures of the animals that they hunted for

GraysOnline attracts 500,000 visitors to its retail website each month. The breadth of high quality new products on offer along with the excitement of the auction process keeps people coming back. GraysOnline is one of Australia’s top ten online reta

The seaside with its vivid colours, endless movement and constant change is Scott Christensen’s muse. His work commits to canvas the beautiful crystal clear days south eastern Queensland is famous for as well as scenes of blustering seas during drama

This painting is a combination of things I enjoy painting, cows, birds, flowers and old houses! I have chosen to paint this in Acrylic on a gallery edged canvas 51cm x 60cm. I have made this one a little different to show you what you can do to dress

Art has always been a part of my life. In my childhood, living in Wiltshire, an English rural county, I drew horses and animals, inspired by the countryside and the many books that I was always reading. As an adolescent and teen I progressed into dra

Many people I speak to tell me they really enjoy painting but don’t get the time to do it. My answer is, I paint (almost every day) and sometimes don’t get the time to do other things. As a young man I had the need to draw, and I enjoyed art at schoo

I choose an image with a personal appeal. In this case I took a photo a few years ago on a visit to the South Island, New Zealand. I like the way the water twists and swerves around the rocks. I start with a mixture of Raw Umber and Prussian Blue sli

The perfect frame is the one you really don’t notice as it’s done its job of leading your eye to the art, which is being presented in its best possible light by the framing choices made. Exhibition grade picture framing is both a bit of a black art a

The wealth generated by gold and a burgeoning agricultural hinterland, coupled with a general sense of optimism that permeated the colony of Victoria during the 1880s were the main factors behind the timing of the Gallery’s founding. This boom-time e

I work with a basic limited palette of primary colours, three warms and three cools. Cadmium YellowCadmium RedFrench Ultramarine Cadmium LemonPermanent RoseCerulean Blue The six colours will make a minimum of 450 colours. Painting a colour chart is a

Another thing the matte is designed to do is maintain a space between the drawing and the glass. This is absolutely essential to avoid mould and fungus appearing (and growing) on both the paper and the inside of the glass in very short order. Even th

I have always done some sort of creative pursuit, but my art has manifested into a desire and a passion I cannot live without. I used to draw when I was a child as far back as I can remember. My first encounter with painting was more than 20 years ag

Fortunately, drawing and painting is a learned skill just like playing the violin or driving a car. Lyn knew from a young age that she wanted to be an artist. It doesn’t mean she was a child protégé, in fact far from it, she just knew that when she w