Oil Painting Essentials

Tips and techniques: oils

Tips And Techniques: Watercolours

Tips and techniques: watercolours

How To Paint A Classic Autumn Scene

Who can resist painting an Autumn scene?

small towns & the big city

The sight of a print of Tretchikoffs "Dying Swan" on the wall at a friend’s house, when David Roux was only five years old, was the start of a lifelong interest in art.

life and landscapes

Johan Coetzee’s journey to becoming a full time artist began long before he went to college.

the shape of colour

FEATURED ARTIST: SHAKES TEMBANI

coloured roses in aquarelle

TIPS AND TECHNIQUES: GOLDFABER AQUA

colourful peacock

TIPS AND TECHNIQUES: CHAMELEON PENS

a South African artist makes his mark in New York

FEATURED ARTIST: LUKE BAGGOTT

Painting With The Zorn Palette

The Zorn palette is named after Anders Leonard Zorn (February 18, 1860 – August 22, 1920), an internationally successful artist from Sweden.

Speaking To The Heart

Speaking To The Heart

Oil Painting Essentials

Spontaneous. That is normally what we associate with the creative process of making art. The opposite is actually true for many of us. As artists, we wrestle with the picture in our minds eye and try to pin it to the canvas as best we can. What inspires us, needs to be expressed as fast as art can possibly happen. We run the danger of not having the right tools to pin down that fleeting inspirational moment. One of those tools is called composition. In specific: the Rule of Thirds.

True To His Roots

Artist, father, husband and entrepreneur, Keith Zenda was born into a rural family with four siblings in Chirumanzu, Zimbabwe. After the death of his father, he was raised by his mother and from the age of 10 became the head of the household. A natural provider and nurturer, Keith is still involved in uplifting those less fortunate than him. For more than a decade he has been peddling his artworks, sometimes against all the odds, across borders from Tanzania, Botswana and Mozambique to Cape Town, evoking respect and admiration from all those who meet this hard-working talent.

Eagle In Polychromos

STEP 1: I only sketch light outlines with a few light reference lines inside. I double-check to make sure I’m happy with the composition and proportions before continuing.

Natural Beauty

Cape Town artist Shaune Rogatschnig has a clearly focussed approach to her art as she captures the lush textures and colours of our local flora.

Winning Portraits

Originally from Pretoria and now based in London, winner of the 2013 BP Portrait Award, Susanne Du Toit shares her philosophy on painting portraits.

Painting Big Sky Country

Ignatius grew up surrounded by art. His parents were both avid art lovers and collectors. During his student years he met the legendary artist Gregoire Boonzaier, who become both a mentor as well as a major source of inspiration. He credits Boonzaier as the person who taught him what it would take to be a professional artist.

Painting At The Bottom Of The World

Cape Town-based artist YVONNE ANKERMAN has been fortunate enough to be invited to work as Resident Artist on the passenger ship ‘MS Expedition’. Her job involves travelling to remote but fascinating destinations while presenting art workshops, power point lectures, working as a nature guide and driving a Zodiac power boat. Her first trip was to West Africa (featured in Issue 19); and recently she visited Antarctica. Here she shares a few snippets from her journal...

Capturing The Inner Light

“As a child I always loved creating things whether with pencil, paint, fabric or clay. I loved art, dance, music, plays and poetry and eventually decided to pursue my love of literature and graduated with Honours in English, going on to teach”... JUDITH SCHÄFER chats

Marvellous Murals

A typical day for GIFFORD (GIFFY) DUMINY could see him hanging off 10-foot scaffolding, standing in a cherry picker four stories above the ground or on the rare day of rest, catching waves in the surf off Durban. We tracked him down for a quick chat and to find out more about his giant , eye-catching murals...

Changing Disability to Ability

The Association of Mouth and Foot Painting Artists of the World, supports and promotes artists who, due to disability or disease, cannot create their works of art with their hands, but have to use their mouths or their feet.

In the Studio

We visited Julia Forman at her shared studio space at “The Commune” situated in te Design Factory at 39 Station Drive, Durban. According to their Facebook Page, Station Drive Precinct is “... Durban’s first urban renewal & creative district. Home to a wide range of creative businesses in a dynamic setting”... and dynamic it is!

Night Watch

If you are in the Free State and find yourself anywhere near Ficksburg, take a 40+ km detour to the small cattle farming town of Rosendal. Look for General Fick Street and when you find number 490, pop into Skoppelmaai Studio, the gallery and studio of local artist WILLEM PRETORIUS.

Portraits With Passion

Most of us can only dream of being tutored by the likes of David Leffel, Richard Schmidt and Nelson Shanks. Gauteng artist Martjie Carter spent 10 years in America where she gained invaluable artistic knowledge. We chatted to her about her career as a musician and artist.

All About The Light

Peter Stewart’s love for the African bush began with a school excursion to a local game reserve in KwaZulu-Natal. “I can still remember sleeping under the night sky next to the safety of a fire, listening to the sounds of the African night and waking up at the crack of dawn to begin the day”.

A Creative Couple

Two artistic temperaments have come together in the form of married couple RYAN and JODIE LOUBSER.