How to paint wildlife in pastels with Janet Thatcher I Colour In Your Life

In this art TV show episode Janet Thatcher is interviewed with Colour In Your Life about painting, drawing, pastels, art workshops and art techniques. Help support CIYL's growth around the globe and become a patron of the arts today at:   / colourinyourlife      / colourinyourlifeau   New fine art TV show episodes loaded every Wednesday AEST.   / putsomecolourinyourlife   https://www.colourinyourlife.com.au/ Fine Art TV Series - Colour In Your Life Season - 11 Episode - 06 Filmed on Location at - Canberra, Australia Materials used in this episode: Hahnemuhle velour paper Gioconda pastel pencils (majority) Caran d’Ache pastels pencils Conte pastel pencils Stabilo Carbothello pastel pencils Faber Castell soft pastels. Mobius and Ruppert sharpener. Born in Canberra in 1981, Janet grew up in a family of artists. Her grandparents were artists, Her mother is and her brother and sister are. Janet’s mother believed that being able to draw meant they would never be bored or lonely. She would place a box of Derwent pencils on the table to tempt them. When they would ask, their mother would say only if we could use them properly as they were very special. Too special for just any old drawing. Of course they would swear they needed them for something special. Still to this day Janet loves opening a box of new Derwent pencils. Janet admits that the driving force behind her drawing at an early age was to compete with her sister. Janet’s sister was seven years her senior and she disliked very much any extra attention she received (as most five year olds do). So on one particular day when Janet’s mother praised her sisters picture more than her own, Janet made a decision to be better. Janet was very young but extremely head strong. When Janet reached high school she was encouraged to continue. Janet’s teachers felt she had potential. Janet carried on drawing when she could and begged her poor mother to drive her to Mogo Zoo on the south coast, just over two hours away. There they would sit for hours while Janet sketched. Sometimes only coming up with a picture of an eye or nose. They did make many friends this way though. Janet has had no formal training in art and has been working on her craft for many years. It is something that brings joy to Janet and the clients she shares her skills with. To Janet that in itself is success in her eyes. You can contact the artist about their art or art techniques directly via the website http://aarwungallery.com/janet-thatcher/ The Colour In Your Life TV series is an art show that takes you into the everyday studios of artists from around the world. While in the studio they share their individual techniques with the viewer in a relaxed atmosphere with a delightfully Australian host and fellow artist Graeme Stevenson. The series is currently filmed in Australia, New Zealand and the United States. Colour In Your Life is an Australian produced TV art show and website http://www.colourinyourlife.com.au Graeme Stevenson, a world renowned Artist himself, rides his Harley Davidson to the studios of Artists all over the world and allows the viewers a chance to go into the Art studios of some of the greatest Artists in the world. A wonderfully engaging show that allows people to see inside the minds and the abilities of some of the most creative people in the world. If you love creativity and the shear joy of looking at the world through Art, then Colour In Your Life is the place too be. Subscribe here - http://bit.ly/ColourInYourLife