Artist's Back to Basics

I was born 55 years ago in a small country town in NSW. I’m a great husband (according to my wife), a wonderful father (according to me) and a realist artist. I am now happily married and living on the beautiful Central Coast of NSW. From as long as

When travelling with my wife through the Northern Territory we were lucky enough to visit Katherine Gorge. I took a photo of this scene of kayaks and canoes moored in the gorge, showing the contrast of nature and man-made, thinking one day it may mak

Glazing is a method of painting diluted transparent layers of watercolour on top of each other. Each consecutive transparent glaze alters or intensifies the colour of the layers beneath it. Glazing can allow for subtle changes in value, hue and satur

Once you have established an accurate fine line drawing, laid the first careful layer of hatched toning in the darker shapes of your precise linework composition and made the ensuing necessary proportional adjustments you will really have something w

All of these people have been touched by cancer in some way, but on Fridays they can put their problems aside for a while and become absorbed in the joy of creating paintings in a supportive environment. Some of the group have painted before; others

Robyn Gibson always loved drawing and painting as a child. She knew that one day she would paint, when she found the time. Early in her busy life, the priorities were sport, work and socialising. Then her family came along. When her two daughters sta

The canvas was primed with gesso but not textured. Usually I like to work on a textured canvas which can give nice shapes and lines to work with. I texture thick acrylic with cards, sometimes using the movement I feel in the subject. I used a small s

The last three parts of this series of four articles about the seemingly arcane world of fudging and squirling were all about getting us to this point on the path. We can now explore in a practical and visual way the more advanced “finishing off” pen

Barry Green was born in New Zealand in 1938. He has long since left the land of the long white cloud behind and settled here in Australia. He is a member of the Watercolour Society of Queensland, with an impressive list of artistic achievements accru

After wetting the back of the watercolour paper sheet (to slow the drying down), I painted the sky and then dropped the initial light colours into the trees. While the beginning stage was still wet, I decided to work on the roadway – with the colour

The Image Makers, made up of 4 artists are having their first joint exhibition at The Royal Queensland Art Society’s Petrie Terrace Gallery . Members of the group are Glen Smith, Andrea Baumert Howard, Lyn Mason and Tom Mason. Each member offers a ve

We’re going to look at your brushes in a way which on the surface may appear obvious, BUT - I’m betting that it’s not something you hold in the forefront of your mind when you’re painting. The truth is, there are a lot of obvious things about paintin