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 techniques plus popular paint ideas.

Country Life • Few people can encapsulate nostalgic rural imagery in the style of this talented man. The charm of his paintings speaks for itself … but here are some words from the artist.

Gentle Giants • This masterful Australian includes working horses in many of his paintings. Here he describes his own definitive approach to one of his favourite subjects.

The Desire to Experiment • Near Moree in north-western New South Wales, this gifted ‘man on the land’ nurtures a passion for painting the wild plains that surround him – while capturing their many moods and characters.

Images of Heat and Dust • Stock workers on Australia’s dusty cattle stations inspire this artist. This largely pictorial article shows some of the steps he follows in producing his works of art.

Simple and Basic • This artist/tutor teaches a simple, basic method of working with a limited palette of colours. Her students learn to push those primary colours to the limit … and they come to know them intimately and understand their possibilities.

Early Risers • Horses in the early morning light: A beautiful atmospheric subject rich in colour with strong shadows … masterfully rendered by a specialist oil painter.

Thanks to Da Vinci • Wicked classroom caricatures and tattoos fired up the passion for this self-taught artist to strive to produce the perfect drawing.

The Noble Equine • Coloured pastel papers have been used to create this beautiful horse.

A Passion for Horses • A desperate yearning for her own horse starting this artist drawing at a very young age.

Re-educating the Remounts • This painting was inspired by a true story from World War I

‘Harry Chavill’ • This painting realised an exciting dream for the artist, who had always wanted to paint a gorgeous horse in motion but had never allowed herself to do so previously.

The Art of Scratchboard • Thanks to his father’s boundless enthusiasm for wildlife, Patrick was introduced to African animals at an early age, forging his lifetime love for these animals and the majestic landscapes in which they live.

Wall of Stripes • Using his own reference from Etosha National Park in Namibia, Patrick portays the magnificent zebras that are attracted to this waterhole in large numbers, a natural phenomenon which gives the artist great opportunities.

Born to Draw, Baby! • Horses capture many a girl’s heart but what if you believe you were born to draw them? This is how the horse captures, influences and inspires this artist’s heart and soul.

Aubergine Arabian I • Last year this artist created a small charcoal drawing titled “Sculpturesque” on Aubergine Colourfix pastel paper. She decided to continue this theme in 2016, creating the first artwork for an “Aubergine Arabian” series.