No 193

Artist's Palette

The magazine for all artists

Artist's Palette3 min readVisual Arts
My Story
I suppose I have always had an interest in art. I was forever getting into trouble at school for drawing the wrong sort of things. I found I had an ability to copy a picture and consequently any loose bit of paper would be adorned with sketches. I wa
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Snowy
I had the pleasure of getting to know Greg and Tania and their “son” Snowy on a recent endeavor to Bourke, NSW. As thanks for their kind hospitality I wanted to surprise them with a portrait of Snowy from a photo I took of him while we were on an exc
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I Love Drawing
Born in Southern England, my love of drawing really began in my late teens. I had left school at 15 years of age to start an apprenticeship as a carpenter and joiner, and remember while attending technical college drawing classes, which were a part o
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Ancient Roman Art – More Than Just Imitation!
The Roman era is broken into two main time periods, the first being the Republican era from 753BC to 27BC; the second period the well-known Roman Empire from 27BC to AD 476. The Romans made many inventions and innovations from this time, from new bui
Artist's Palette4 min readVisual Arts
Colour Is Everything To Me
When I was a child I drew pictures constantly on any piece of blank white paper I could find. I’d open out greeting cards for the big expanse of clear drawing space. My sister would give me the double page of white paper from her stockings pack! I fi
Artist's Palette1 min readVisual Arts
Blue Quietude
Initial drawing of ‘still life’ setup – papered box, metal cup and glass vase with flowers. Background and base colours painted in, leaving objects free of paint. Work done to background such as creating a tiled effect and brown base worked on in pai
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Woodland’s Gallery
ARTIST’S PALETTE magazine seeks to showcase the works of talented Australians producing art at a whole range of skill levels, whether they are accomplished creative people with a long history of achievements or beginners (of all ages) striving to bui
Artist's Palette5 min readVisual Arts
An Unconventional Artist
I was born in 1981 and raised in suburbia on Long Island, New York. My Mom painted nearly every week while watching ‘The Joy of Painting’ with Bob Ross, and my Dad was a draftsman and mechanical engineer. I must have absorbed or inherited some intere
Artist's Palette3 min read
No Rules!
I was born in the UK in 1938. My best subjects at school were art and English, and after leaving school at 15 years of age, I entered as an apprentice into the fledging printing and packaging industry. As a family we came to Australia in 1986, where
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Easels
Choosing the right easel is an integral part of the painting process. The importance of having the correct easel is often overlooked but having a firm and steady easel can be as important to the finished painting as choosing the correct paint, canvas
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Duffy’s Farm
There is nowhere to hide when you draw, visual accuracy especially when drawing architecture or the built environment with just a pencil and sketchbook is essential, for the most part the natural flow of building along a busy high street or an isolat
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Art and Me
Born in 1962 in Zagreb in Croatia, I immigrated to Australia with parents and sister in 1969 at the age of seven. My father was also an artist of sorts, albeit his art was a trade – painter and decorator. I always had an interest in drawing and as a
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The Boy, The Fish And The Driftwood
• Primed canvas 66cm x 61cm• Artists Acrylics: Titanium White, Warm White, Ultramarine Blue, Pthalo Blue, Cerulean Blue, Turquoise, Ivory Black, Yellow Ochre.• Oil Pastels: Yellow Ochre, White, Dk Brown, Mid Brown, Red/Brown.• Chinagraph Pencils: Bla
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Tanija
• Pre-stretched canvas – coated and ready to go 45cm x 35cm• Light gauge pencil - for sketching• Set of acrylic paints - just basics - black, white, yellow, red, orange and brown• Something to mix paint on/in• An easel – if you like. Can be done on a
Artist's Palette5 min readVisual Arts
Making Marks with Mark
Lets set ourselves up so that the process of moving paint around is as easy as possible. We’ve touched on looking at setting ourselves up so that we can stay in “the zone”. We are going to stay in that theme, but we are going to look at it in greater

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