Artists Drawing and Inspiration

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

The History of Drawing • Most children seem to possess an instinctive urge to draw. This inclination can be traced back to the earliest records of mankind crawling on the surface of the Earth.

A Love for the Environment • This artist has a special affection for graphite, but will occasionally do coloured pencil drawings. She also loves watercolour painting and sometimes uses acrylics for variety. She is open to the idea of using other mediums, too.

Drawing Elephants • This graphite specialist uses her mechanical pencils when she needs a really crisp sharp edge. She aims for the widest possible range in the mid tones – to create reality and interest.

Basic Drawing Techniques • Drawing has often been described as ‘the bones of art’, which it most certainly is. It can also be a credible art form in its own right, with many absolute masterpieces being produced over the centuries using only drawing media and techniques.

First Marks for Beginners • As you thoughtfully observe trees, you will draw them better. Observe their basic structures, lines and shapes; their bark and leaves; their direction and the way that light affects them.

Pencils and Other Drawing Materials • An abundance of different styles of pencils and other drawing implements is available to artists – catering for almost every conceivable drawing technique. Here are some examples from your favourite art suppliers.Contributed

Not Drowning • Brett A. Jones has launched ‘Sea of Pain Fine Art Productions’ to publicise his work. A recent milestone for this graphite artist was a solo exhibition at Maryborough in Queensland.

Clockwork Orange • This meticulous drawing took the artist 572 hours to complete, over a period of nine months.

Drawing: Fundamental to Good Art • A true test of an artist is not how well they can paint … but how well they can draw. Those that draw well will naturally produce better art works because they know form, proportion and balance; all the things that drawing teaches.

Pets in Pastels • A talented artist whose work has previously been featured in our pages has prepared some helpful demonstration material outlining her approach to portraying pets on paper.

Painting Substrates • The choice of quality substrates available to artists in Australia is expansive. Take a look at what some of our most prominent art suppliers have to offer from their ranges of art surfaces.Contributed

The Cottagey Look • An artist from country Queensland chooses to paint in browns to inject warmth into her woolshed works. These colours are also attuned to the wooden structures in her favourite subject matter.

Penned Sheep • This ink specialist believes it is imperative to be accurate in the initial drawing work. Because a picture will not fix itself, you must make it correct in the beginning.

Shining Bronze Cuckoo • This artist insists that his ‘loose’ approach to drawing should not be viewed as definitive; and stresses that there is no right or wrong process – whatever works for you is right, regardless of the techniques or opinions of others.

Nature Study • A self-taught Queensland artist describes her painstaking technique for rendering clear and intricate images of natural subjects using an Artline ink pen.

Poetry in Pastels • According to this pastel artist, “Landscapes and seascapes are done to death!” She prefers to seek out the hidden treasures … like birds, beetles and the colours of reflections in water.

Artists Drawing and Inspiration