How to Paint
Oil Painting Tutorial – Step by Step – Part 2 with Helen Norton
Helen Norton uses narration on a grand scale in her paintings, presenting the viewer with life as if it is a monumental event, while paying equal attention to identifying the smallest parts of our existence. Her narrative paintings expose our current choices and cultural contributions. Since the earliest paintings and etchings in rock, people have…
Read MoreOil Painting Tutorial – Step by Step – Part 1 with Helen Norton
Narration is the backbone of Helen Norton’s work. Her art thrives on a theme – and her intent is on capturing, communicating and exploring the narrative through bold, imaginative paintings. She loves the tools of illusion, of being part of the scene and surrounding the viewer with an imagined reality – a ‘what if’ proposal.…
Read MorePortrait Painting Techniques – Part 1 with Graeme Stevenson
Graeme has a lifetime of experience in the art world, and is perhaps best known as the founder and CEO here at Colour In Your Life TV Show! The show premiered in 2010, and is now in its 22nd season. Graeme is also a dynamic public speaker who lectures on topics such as wildlife, painting,…
Read MorePaint a Simple Ocean Wave with Mark Waller
Born in 1963 and growing up in Australia, Mark has always looked at the world with curiosity and wonder. This has led him down a lifelong path of making art and later, teaching, which has become both a philosophical and spiritual investigation. It is a celebration of a world of quietness, and yet profound and…
Read MorePlein Air Acrylic Painting Techniques with Shirley Peters – Part 2
Shirley started painting in the early seventies. She attended the National Art School in 1972-1974 (studying Art Education and Graphic Design) and pursued a career in graphic design and illustration. Shirley progressed through parallel careers as an illustrator of children’s books and a graphic designer in the emerging technology of multi-media. Since 2014 Shirley has lived…
Read MorePlein Air Acrylic Painting Techniques with Shirley Peters – Part 1
Shirley is a landscape artist. She paints plein-air in the country, using her motorhome to travel from beach to river to mountains (with husband Bob and Honey the dog). At home she makes ‘slow art’ in her studio by painting large detailed works inspired by her travels. In this, Part 1 of her 3-part series,…
Read MoreHow to Paint a Beach Scene in Acrylics – Part 2 with Jules Sharman
Jules is passionate about painting and loves recreating moments in time that elicit peace and happiness for her. Painting is her way of embracing life. Her no-nonsense style of creating realistic images is engaging and inspiring! You don’t need fancy colours or equipment to smash out realistic art – just a few basic colours, brushes…
Read MoreHow to Paint a Beach Scene in Acrylics – Part 1 with Jules Sharman
Jules is a self-taught artist specialising in oil painting. Her passion is to recreate precious moments of life and nature captured in memories and on camera, onto the canvas portraying realism eliciting emotions. Painting is very personal for Jules, taking her to a zone she refers to as “Heaven on Earth”. The inner peace and…
Read MoreHow to Paint Over a Painting – Part 2 with Christine Read
Christine works in acrylics, oils, pencil and also enjoys the old craft of hand silk screen printing and sells tea towels printed with Australiana designs. Prior to full retirement in 2016, Dr Christine Read, was for more than twenty years a family doctor in Manly, NSW and later a sexual health physician and Medical Director…
Read MoreHow to make texture in your paintings with Ashley Hay and Powertex products
Colour in Your Life featured artist Ashley Hay appeared on Colour In Your Life Season Twenty Two (22). Read a little bit about the artist here, and support our site by joining and watching the episode below. Ashley Hay was born in Scotland, moving to Australia as a child in 1968 with her family, she…
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