Australian How To Paint

Australian How To Paint magazine chooses a topic or style of art each issue and gives you a comprehensive guide for you to develop your skills. Over the series we will cover all major painting technques plus popular paint ideas.

My Story • Mark Waller explains his fascination and need for the art of painting.

Perfect Escapism • It’s a pure moment, free from concerns about day to day life. Grab it while you can.

Serious Addiction • Here is a self-taught artist who has enjoyed dabbling and daubing since childhood. She took up ‘serious’ painting in 1985 and dared to start entering work in shows … and now she is totally hooked!

A Touch of Gold • The Goulburn River at Seymour in Victoria was chosen by the artist as the setting for this peaceful landscape work rendered in intense pastels.

ARTIST’S HINTS AND TIPS

Your Art will Touch your Senses • “Art is my passion and I believe that the world needs art for cultural, social, historical and communication reasons.”

Looking Up • Expressing her affinity for the sea, the aim of the painting was to create an image where one looks up through the clear blue water from the ocean bed and experiences the changing cloud formations, a meeting of the environment where the sea touches the sky.

Water Drops

A Love For Realism • Once his children were growing up, Wayne happily found he was able to once more devote time to his beloved passion for painting, including attending some wonderful workshops and exhibiting and selling his artworks.

Katherine Gorge • Wayne captures the glory of Katherine Gorge, Northern Territory in this beautiful painting.

ARTIST’S HINTS AND TIPS

Water of Life • Montgomerie’s style weaves effortlessly between social realism and a contemporary take on the techniques of the Old Masters. Painterly yet smooth, inviting yet intimately personal reflections ... her works are a testament to the light, depth, moods, possibilities and energies of the cleansing ‘Water of Life’ in which she finds herself immersed!

Magic Morning – South Fremantle 2014 • This gorgeous image shows the stunning natural beauty of a coastal area of Western Australia.

Hours of Observing • This lady believes that few artists have lucky breaks. Success requires buckets of discipline and plenty of hard work … but she stresses that if you are really passionate about creating, you should do it for the right reasons.

Endeavour Evening Glow • This is one of the artist’s very favourite views in Cooktown. She knows it well. She has spent many hours at this spot enjoying the changing light and colours of the different seasons and weather patterns.

MASTER HINTS AND TIPS

Surf’s Up • A major career-curve at the age of 26 enabled this surfer to enrich his soul.

Magic • Inspired by the pristine waters surrounding Noosa National Park in Queensland, this glorious painting is a scene that’s typical of the many coves and bays running along the eastern side of Australia’s magnificent coastline.

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