My most recent painting
" Rainbow Passion"

acrylic on

 stretched canvas

24"x24"

My latest step-by-step pastel flower demonstration.  AUSTRALIAN DECORATIVE PAINTING & FINE ART magazine Published in Vol 19 No11 available in all good newsagents May/June 2012

BEACH BRUMBY

Added the final touches to the brumby on the beach oil painting today.

Painting title has now changed from
 "Beautiful Day at Inskip"
 to

"Beach Brumby"

Thought the foreground needed something added . . . . a friend suggested a brumby . . . found this photo I had taken of a brumby on the way to Rainbow Beach earlier this year . . . .

BEAUTIFUL DAY AT INSKIP STEP 6

Worked on the foreground today. More of the previous yellows for the sand and combinations of the blues from the sky and Mars Violet for the grass & it's shadows.

Added some details to the waves with more cloud mixtures & white.

BEAUIFUL DAY AT INSKIP STEP 5

Added the sea with Ultramarine, Cobalt, Ptalo Blue & Viridian plus a dash of Mars Violet along the horizon.
Waves are undercoated with previousl cloud grey mixtures then titanium white.

BEAUTIFUL DAY AT INSKIP STEP 4

Moving down to the bottom of the canvas with a combiation of Naples Yellow Raw Sienna & Yellow Ochre to fill in the sand.....

BEAUTIFUL DAY AT INSKIP STEP 3

Added touches of raw sienna into the clouds as well as touches of  straight indian red and mars violet.....very subtle though and well blended.
Then the distant shores, and the top section if finished.

BEAUTIFUL DAY AT INSKIP STEP 2

The clouds are a combination of the 2 previous blues mixed with mars violet & indian red to make the grey areas, titanium white for the lights.

BEAUTIFUL DAY AT INSKIP STEP 1

First step - mask off the horizon line. Then covered the canvas with titanium white.

Next added the blue sky with a combination of cobalt blue & ultramarine blue.

Saw an inspiring photo posted on facebook by my  friend Sharon on the weekend.

Just had to paint it!

KOOKABURRA ON CALICO BAG

Learn to Paint an Australian Icon

with my step-by-step project of 

KOOKABURRA ON CALICO

 in the latest edition of

AUSTRALIAN FINE ART & DECORATIVE PAINTING

Magazine

Vol 19 No 8

Available March 2012

in all good newsagents

BREAKING WAVES at RAINBOW BEACH

Breaking Waves at Rainbow Beach

oil 24"x48"

Getting totally hooked on seascapes now. Just finished this one last week and already itching to start on another......

SUN SEA & SKY 4 WEEK WORKSHOP

SUN SEA & SKY

(in OILS OR ACRYLIC)

4 WEEK PAINTING WORKSHOP

$150 (paid in advance) or $40 per lesson

BYO materials (available for purchase)

materials list provided at registration

bookings essential $10 deposit

10am - 12 noon

THURSDAYS

2nd 9th 16th 23rd February 2012

4 easy skill building exercises to learn the skills you need to master sky & sea scapes

Learn to mix all the colours you need from red, yellow, blue & white.

Step-by-step instruction.

Each lesson is specially created to complete your painting in 2 hours to ensure you stay enthused from beginning to end.