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.

Essence of the Territory • This talented Darwin-based artist has combined her love of our natural environment with her passion for colour and light to create works that capture the very essence of the Territory lifestyle.

Fallen • This Northern Territory artist likes to push the colour boundary … creating vibrant, confident and eye-catching works that are charged with positive energy and exuberant brilliance.

My Driving Force • “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.”

Tree of Solitude • A great deal of thought and skill has created this magnificent work of art.

First Marks for Beginners • As you thoughtfully observe trees, you will draw them better. Observe their basic structures, lines and shapes; their bark and leaves; their direction and the way that light affects them.

Early Morning Artist • Being surrounded by natural beauty gives Marcia endless inspiration for her art.

Spectacular Spikes • You can almost feel the texture of Marcia Mayberry’s Australian grass trees.

Super Buyers Guide Contributed • In this issue we have an arrary of art ideas. A selection of your favourite art materials suppliers are ready with useful products to assist with the enhancement of your creativity.

“Look! Look! That’s my Daddy’s painting!” • Inspired by his daughter, this accomplished artist quit his day job to follow his dreams.

Nature’s Beauty • Gorgeous autumn hues are used with stunning effect in this evocative painting.

Drawing the Australian Landscape • A considered approach to landscape drawing from the recognised expertise of an accomplished artist and sculptor who loves the Australian bush.

My Love of Art • Having his first art lesson in 65 years certainly refuelled the artistic passion of this humble artist.

The Bonsai Tree • Many years of experience, plus admiration of his subject matter, gives depth, realism and beauty to this scene.

Dancing with Brushstrokes • “It is easy to be captivated by the powerful immediacy and extraordinary colour emerging from Mellissa’s paintings on a purely aesthetic level. They are visually spectacular and invite the viewer to search for further harmony and empathy with the natural landscape. She brings the natural landscape and birds of Australia to life with her original, spontaneous and vibrant paintings.” Robyn Williams, Purple Noon Gallery NSW.

Kaleidoscope - Impressionist Bushland • A dance of flickering light and colour

Nature Study • A self-taught Queensland artist describes her painstaking technique for rendering clear and intricate images of natural subjects using an Artline ink pen.

A Passion for Sea and Sky • Attracted to subjects with strong light emanating from them, this artist is currently focused on creating multi-layered pastel paintings.

Golden Reflection • This subject is a beautiful scene photographed at a bend in the Murray River in the Echuca area of Victoria, where the sun seemed to linger forever in sleepy surrender of the day, and the mood was one of reflective peace.