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Maintaining Wellness
Ross Wymark worked as a signwriter in his twenties, but he had not put brush to board in more than 30 years when he found himself in hospital in the New South Wales town of North Richmond. Ross was referred to an Art Therapist as part of his treatmen
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Leaves
I applied one coat of purple paint with the roller; then allowed it to dry before applying a second coat. I made several sketches on paper before drawing my design onto the canvas. This allowed me to rearrange my composition a few times to get the fi
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Aussie Bums
A true Queenslander, Lee Porter was born at Townsville in the sixties. As a child she lived in a variety of interesting places including Tindal (near Katherine in the Northern Territory), Sydney and Malaysia. She completed her secondary education at
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Bess
I mainly paint from photographs as most of my subject matter is animated and will not stay still for very long. Bess is a golden retriever in her prime. I loved the expression on her face. I explore my options with some sketches. This helps me work o
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Art for Steven
An empty canvas is always challenging, but has the potential to become a significant piece of artwork. It was always explained to me that a painting is like a sunset … they’re all nice, but sometimes we’ll stand back and look at one and say, “Wow! Ho
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Paddlesteamer ‘Rodney’
The subject is the Paddlesteamer ‘Rodney’ which rests on the bottom of the Darling River on the property of the homestead ‘Polia’, around 30 kilometres north-west of the ‘Port of Pooncaria’. In 1894, the ‘Rodney’ was bringing non-union shearers upriv
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The History of Acrylic Paints
Advances in painting product technology have led to some of the greatest changes in art history. For example, in 1841 oil paint became available in capped tubes, allowing artists the flexibility to paint outdoors. This in turn lead artists such as Mo
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Don’t Rock the Boat
What came first: The title or the painting? For me, it can be either. There is nothing worse than staring at a blank canvas. Normally I will rough out a couple of layouts (on A4 or A3 layout paper) of the subject I am going to paint. I’d visualised m
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Colour is Important
Di Tarrant was born in Adelaide in 1938, the younger of two children. During her early working life she did some nursing, but after marrying and starting a family she undertook clerical duties in the automotive field. She has memories of one art teac
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Journey of the North West Cape – Exmouth
This painting is a collage of some of the wonders of Exmouth which is situated on the Ningaloo Reef in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. I selected some of the features I wanted to include: Cape Range; Vlaming Head Light House; emus; whaleshar
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Inside Out
A traditional way to approach a subject in most mediums is to paint the background first, then move towards the foreground. We see some oil painters put on a thin layer to start, using broad strokes and building up the background and eventually movin
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Artist’s Paints
System 3 Acrylic by Daler-Rowney offers a high quality, highly versatile water based acrylic colour that has many applications and is now available to Australian artists for the first time. System 3 is an entire painting ‘system’, encompassing paints
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Snow Boarder
During Ashley’s short life he was keen on snow boarding, and he had incredible artistic talent. I particularly admired the Onimbo logo he created. I came up with the image I wanted to paint, and included Ashley’s Onimbo logo on the board as it accent
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Back Road To The Mountains
Painting with a brush held in the mouth, I work in sections. I begin with the sky, as I prefer to work from the sky to the foreground. I usually do not do preliminary sketches. My normal method is to complete a base and/or a complete section in one s
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Landscapes My Way
Glenn Barnett of Port Lincoln in South Australia is a Member of Mouth & Foot Painting Artists Pty Ltd. He delights in painting beautiful landscapes with brushes held in his mouth. Like many artists, Glenn has developed his skills over the years and e
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Painting Surfaces
Oil Primed Linen was one of the first surfaces developed for ‘modern day’ painting. For hundreds of years, oil painters have recognised that traditionally prepared oil-primed Belgian linen is the ultimate support for their artwork. With the advent of
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Bright Harbour
Prime the canvas support with vigorous strokes of gesso, leaving textural lines. Cross-hatch brush marks. Allow this to dry thoroughly. With binder medium, glue randomly-placed roughly-cut pieces of rice paper or textured paper onto the lower third o
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The Passionate Painter
I have always enjoyed being “creative” and when I was young I was forever making some type of craft or sewing. I loved art at school and couldn’t wait for class, but I didn’t believe I could paint, my love being drawing and sculpture. It wasn’t until
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Cyclone the Macaw
• 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
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Fine Artist, Tutor and Art Judge
I remember always being passionate about drawing, from childhood right through to now. I always knew, deep down, that being a pencil artist was my career path. Even as a youngster, I was never prolific ever, but would spend many hours absorbed totall
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Blue Wrens
• Fabriano Artistico Hot Press 300gsm paper• Faber Castell Series 9000 greyleads in F, HB and 2B• Faber Castell Polychromos colour pencils in Dark Sepia, Prussian Blue, Sky Blue.• Violet, Rose carmine) and Brown Ochre• Light Violet, Grey Green, Light
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Sunflower Frenzy
• Atelier Interactive Acrylic Paints: Cobalt Blue; Pthalo Green; Arylamide Yellow Light; Cadmium Yellow Medium; Burnt Umber; Carbon Black; Titanium White; Napthol Red Light; Crimson.• Modelling Compound.• Sand.• Atelier Liquifying Medium.• Painting K
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Shining Bronze Cuckoo
Glenn Demnar, my art mentor for many years, used the term ‘loose’. Looseness has become a predominant feature of my style. With oils, being ‘loose’ engenders minimal risk … it’s only paint. Socalled mistakes can be corrected through overpainting; scr
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Slim Pickings
I roughly painted my canvas by using up remaining paints from a previous painting in earthy tones. I rubbed out some areas and added more paint into sections and left any marks that will represent the dry earth and twigs etc. As I do not intend to pa
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Wonderful Wildlife
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
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Who Needs Trees?
• Ampersand Claybord (smooth white).• Black waterproof acrylic or India ink.• Acrylic round brushes with sharp points (Numbers 2 and 6).• White cotton gloves (available at the grocery store).• A sheet of tracing paper.• Craft knife with several Numbe
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Country Cousins
• Reference photographs.• 300gsm Arches watercolour paper.• Artists’ watercolour paints in selected colours.• Selected brushes.• Soft graphite stick.• An assortment of reference photographs was used to define the direction of this painting … a slow a
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Relocation
I was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania (USA) in 1974. These days I live in the Brisbane suburb of Yeronga. I moved to Brisbane in December 2007 with my husband Eric, who is a marine biologist at the University of Queensland. I have a small studio belo
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Passion for Detail
Jenny Hartley is a Queenslander who has been an active painter since 1990 – creating works of art in graphite, watercolours and acrylics. Her childhood, spent on the family farm near Casino in New South Wales, installed within her a deep love of the
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Energy and Motion
Murray Charteris is quickly gaining a reputation for his dynamic energy-filled fine art. His bold colours and powerful compositions come together to produce artwork that is increasingly sought after. His original paintings are seemingly being snapped
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