Artist's Palette

Artist's Palette is the perfect magazine for the aspiring and accomplished artist alike. Provides insights on, as well as step-by-step demonstrations from, Australian and international artists. Featuring the latest in news, reviews and products from the art world as well as exhibition previews and reviews.

Artist's Palette is sure to stimulate your artistic sense.

Art is Endless • Beautiful animals – both wild and domestic – provide perpetual inspiration for this talented pastellist whose finely honed skills enable her to create paintings which glow with vibrant colour.

Bush Gourmet • Many people would love to be able to produce pastel works with this level of skill. This article will help you to understand how this clever artist achieves her outstanding results.

MASTER HINTS AND TIPS

Wide-Eyed Wonder • This clever artist never recalled her childhood in black and white … so vivid colour has played a vital role in expressing faded memories from her younger days.

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Our Neighbour’s Cat ‘Woggie’ • If you follow this lady’s advice, you will try anything and everything to get the results you want. Do not be afraid to mess things up! Sometimes you need to get it wrong before you can get it right.

MASTER HINTS AND TIPS

Pencils and Other Drawing Tools Contributed • The majority of artists would doubtless make use of pencils in some way to assist in expressing their creativity. Some use pencils as a primary medium while others limit their use to sketching. A few of your favourite art materials suppliers are pleased to feature some excellent drawing options here.

True Vistas • Although this painter does not limit herself to landscape works, her skill in expressing scenery with paint is beginning to define a truly outstanding style.

Autumn Afternoon – Beechworth • This accomplished lady urges her peers to enter exhibitions ‘to gauge your level of expertise’ and believes that, more often than not, you will be pleasantly surprised!

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MASTER HINTS AND TIPS

Poetry in Pastels • According to this pastel artist, “Landscapes and seascapes are done to death!” She prefers to seek out the hidden treasures … like birds, beetles and the colours of reflections in water.

Two Sides • There are two sides to this artist: A serious side and a dry, humorous side which is frequently reflected in her art work. Colour, texture and design are the elements that she loves to employ.

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Sea Dragon • Masterful application of watercolour pencils can yield outstanding painterly results – as this careful demonstration by a specialist in the medium proves beyond doubt.

Cloudscapes • This artist has been greatly influenced by Jon Schueler – an American artist who relocated to the Scottish Highlands to paint the sky.

‘Let Them Be’ • Photography of your work will probably be your only record of it when the paintings are gone (hopefully sold). When approaching galleries to show your work, high quality photographs will pay dividends.

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MASTER HINTS AND TIPS

True Conservationist • Efforts to conserve and understand marine environments have led this artist to use art to promote their conservation. He also uses marine environments to develop his oil painting style.

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Green Turtle on Ribbon Reef • This oil painter adopted the marine environment as a subject because of its strangeness, its atmospheric qualities, its abundance of weird and wonderful wildlife, and its need for understanding.

MASTER HINTS AND TIPS

Mountain Influence • Settling in the beautiful Blue Mountains west of Sydney has caused an inevitable influence on the work of this prolific and talented oil painter.

The Breadknife • This oil painter normally...