Artist's Palette

Edited by Trevor Lang Being born near Lake of Constance in 1941, Uta Wild grew up in post-war Germany. Art materials were scarce – at Uta’s high school they were restricted to pencils and watercolours. Nevertheless, she always looked forward to the w

Edited by Trevor Lang Marijke Greenway is an artist with three nationalities – but she paints with only one colourful brush. Born and raised in Holland, she subsequently lived in South Africa for 35 years before finally settling in Australia. She is

Edited by Trevor Lang Michelle Caitens has a creative description for her recent experience of changing from acrylics to oil paints: ‘From painting with tension to painting with peace’. “With acrylics, I always felt that I was ‘fighting’ the paint, a

By Uta Wild • Artists’ acrylics: Quinacridone Rose; Quinacridone Magenta; White; Cadmium Yellow Medium; Yellow Oxide; Burnt Sienna; Burnt Umber; Emerald Green; French Ultramarine Blue; Payne’s Grey. • Medium: Gloss Varnish for glazing. • Two flat nyl

By Marijke Greenway • Full size sheet of Watercolour Paper; backing board; masking tape. • Brushes: One inch square Watercolour Brush; Size 8 and Size 44 Round Brushes; Rigger Brush; old Bristle Brush for applying gesso. • Atelier Liquid Gesso. • Wat

By Michelle Caitens • Genesis Heat Set Oil Paints: Burnt Umber; Burnt Sienna; Yellow Ochre; Phthalo Blue 04; Carbon Black; Titanium White with small amounts of Bismuth Yellow 07; Phthalo Green 03; Gray 02. • Air Dry Gloss Varnish. I decided to paint

Edited by Trevor Lang Now in her sixties, Jocelyn Girle is a latecomer to the fascinating world of art. Seven years ago she was asked to contribute to an art and craft exhibition at Goondiwindi. Life was challenging for Jocelyn at that time … her sec

By Trevor Lang Juanita Selvey has been painting for more than a decade – on an intriguing range of substrates including , glasses, even canvas. She has experimented with most painting mediums aside from watercolours. I a girlfriend a wonderful silk

Contributed by Nola Clark In Issue 45 of Artist’s Palette magazine, we featured some of the work of pastel artist Nola Clark. We also presented a demonstration of pet portraiture. Nola described seven steps for creating her picture of ‘TC’ – a handso

By Juanita Selvey • Artists’ canvas. • Artists’ quality oil paints in a suitable range of colours, as outlined: The background – Titanium White with a tiny mix of Burnt Umber; the face – Flesh Tint for the skin (with a small amount of Burnt Sienna an

Edited by Trevor Lang Val Egan lives and paints at Gunnedah in New South Wales. Her art career has spanned more than 30 years thus far. She has studied drawing, design, watercolour techniques and fabric crafts with the South Australian College of Ext

Contributed Bay Art and Design has recently opened the ‘Murray Charteris Art Gallery’ in Hervey Bay, Queensland, showcasing the brilliant work of Murray Charteris along with some more of Hervey Bay’s finest artists. The community of Hervey Bay is ver

By Val Egan • Fabriano Artistico 640gsm Watercolour Paper. • Brushes: A variety of Flat Hoghair Brushes from about Size 12 (and some lower). • Atelier Acrylic Paints: White; Ultramarine Blue; Phthalo Blue; Burnt Sienna; Green Light; Cadmium Scarlet;

By Jenny Macnaughton Most country towns have all manner of fascinating buildings and quite often they are spread well apart. The trick is to view the skyline at an acute angle rather than view any particular building. Walk, armed with a camera and sk