Artists Drawing and Inspiration

Everything you need to know about drawing and much more. Easy to follow guides and heaps of new drawing techniques.

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My Passion and My Peace • A bad car accident changed the way this artist viewed her art: what was once her beloved hobby is now a wonderfully cathartic tool.

Inspired Zentangle Art • Finding it both meditative and relaxing, this artist draws tangles to create her subject matter.

ARTIST’S HINTS AND TIPS

I Love to Draw • A lifetime of creative pursuits has culminated in the broad successes of this Australian artist.

Tropicals • The beauty of these flowers is enhanced by the artist’s skilled use of soft pastels.

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ARTIST’S HINTS AND TIPS

Two Bee Debris

Pencils and Pastels • Here’s a fabulous assortment of the latest in pencils and pastels, plus a history of the humble pencil.

15-20 Minutes Each Day • Virtually born with a passion for animals and birds, this fabulous artist has continually experimented and studied, creating works of art for all to enjoy.

The Kookaburra • The artist spent a number of days in Halls Gap recently, feeding a family of kookaburras their breakfast, and taking many wonderful photographs. This demonstration is from a photograph taken of one of the kookaburras sitting on a branch looking down at its siblings on the ground that were eating the bits of liver fed to them.

ARTIST’S HINTS AND TIPS

Stirring Feelings • With her unique but likeable style, this lady wants to stir feelings in people … so she looks for subject matter that stirs feelings in her.

‘Woofa’ • The subject of this Demonstration is a very good friend of the artist and a well known character from Cobar. Will Brown is affectionately known as ‘Woofa’.

ARTIST’S HINTS AND TIPS

The Desive 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.