Artists Back to Basics

Artists Back to Basics is an entry level magazine for all artists. From setting up a studio to what easel to choose it’s a must for all artists. Featuring the latest in news, reviews and products from the art world as well as exhibition previews and reviews

Love of art rekindled by chance • After a wonderful childhood of singing, dancing and ballet, Donna made the move to the visual arts in the 1980s, turning her talents into a profession.

Colour in Flight • Donna used a variety of techniques to create this artwork, including layering, dimensional applications, mixing paint and mediums, wet on wet, and texture techniques using painting knives and other implements.

5 Stages of Line Drawing • Always leave yourself an extra inch or two of “safety margin” around the edge of the paper as developing drawings always seem to wander up, down, left, right, or just grow in size generally as proportional and positional adjustments are made.

Waterdrops

Christmas Buyers’ Guide • That special time of year is rapidly coming around again … the time when you want to find perfect gifts for all the creative people in your life. Or perhaps you would like to surprise yourself with something stunning for your very own studio. Here is a range of excellent choices from some of your favourite art materials suppliers.

Mandy’s Sundrenched Studio • Beautiful art galleries are located all over this country, hosting and promoting the works of Australia’s diverse exponents of art. Artist’s Palette magazine showcases a broad selection of these venues. In this Issue, we focus on Mandy’s Sundrenched Studio.

A wing and a prayer

Man of Many Mediums • In June 2004, Graham W. Smith held his first ever major solo exhibition in all mediums. The exhibition opened with 51 paintings … and 29 of them were sold.

Umbrellas in Brisbane • The artist had so much fun doing this painting, he was almost sorry when it was finished. He subsequently looked at it over several days – making a few minor adjustments before photographing the final result.

Removing Paint From Watercolour Paper

Shades of Grey

Back to the Future • With the discovery of pencils now a mere 250 years ago, a group of artists put together an amazing exhibition.

Brush Strokes • There comes a point when you have so much paint on your brush, you completely negate the effect that the shape of the brush will have. It may be fine for painting very loose, thick, impasto, impressionistic pieces, but leaves a little less room for finesse

Setting up your Space Part 2 - On the road

Making a Painting – Part B