Artists Palette - December 2015

FEATURES
* Christmas Buyers’ Guide Christmas will be here before we know it! Here are some fabulous products to tempt you and your artistic friends and family.

INSIGHTS
* Wayne French - Surfing and painting are intertwined passions for this professional artist.
* Janet Thatcher - Painting and drawing every day is the best way to achieve artistic skills, and, more importantly, pure joy in your life.
* Leonard Aitken - Experimenting ideas, mediums and genres are all part of a day’s thinking for this talented and very busy artist.
* Michael Hodgkins - Throughout his learning and developmental years, this artist never lost his fundamental love of representational painting and in particular, landscape.
* Julie Goldspink - “If you are blessed with a talent for something, you owe it to yourself to make the most of it.”

DEMONSTRATIONS 20
* Acrylics – Admiring the Ocean “I would grade this as a level of intermediate – advanced. Don’t forget to have fun!” By Wayne French
* Pastels – Sated The realism of this drawing by Janet Thatcher, invites you to reach out and touch the fur!
* Oils – Natural Beauty The sun shines its rays on this tranquil scene, highlighting the vivid green foliage and the little goldfish. By Leonard Aitken
* Oils – Regeneration in the Perth Hills This painting by Michael Hodgkins, is a full range of rich vibrant colours mixed with just three tubes of paint plus white.
* Watercolour – Wash House Beach, Dunbogan, NSW Sand and branches, rocks and running water create a scene of restful oasis. By Julie Goldspink