The Artist

The UK’s best practical art magazine for aspiring amateur and professional artists - since 1931. Well-known artists reveal their working practices and techniques, covering all subjects and media, in every issue. Learn how established and up-and-coming artists create their work and use the tips they provide to help you improve your own drawing and painting. Keep up to date with the latest art materials, tried and tested by our trusted panel of expert artists, and keep in touch with the latest art competitions to enter and must-see exhibitions. Learn how other artists make money from their work, join one of our practical workshops/holidays, and don’t miss out on the latest art news and views.

The Artist

WELCOME from the editor

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Don’t miss

Revealing Nature • The Art of Cedric Morris and Arthur Lett-Haines

Feeling the marks • Caroline Saunders talks to Fiona Carvell, winner of The Artist Award in the annual Pastel Society exhibition, about how experimentation constantly leads to new discoveries

Close to home • Helen Tarr uses the wild flowers in her garden as her focus in the second of her three articles on painting seasonal flowers in oils

The magnificent seven • Andrew Field demonstrates why you only need seven oil colours to paint successful landscapes and shows you how to mix them to achieve the colour you want

ADDITIONAL COLOURS

Sketching outdoors • Paul Weaver explains why line and wash is the perfect medium for outdoor sketching, whether for quick studies or more resolved work

Seeing the light • Paul Talbot-Greaves explores why an understanding of colour theory, including value and saturation, will enable you to paint light more convincingly

The fragility of flowers • Capturing flowers in paint presents an exciting challenge for artists. Penny German demonstrates why finding the right colour match is fundamental to painting flowers in oils

Michael Harding watercolours • Hilary Page puts the new range of Artists’ watercolours from Michael Harding through their paces

The light fantastic • In the first of her new five-part series on painting light effects in watercolour, Catherine Beale demonstrates a river scene as the sun sets

Daydreaming? • Catherine Ingleby shares with us her preparations for painting fictitious flamingos

The essentials of portraiture • In the second of six articles on painting portraits in oils, Peter Keegan uses the Zorn palette to mix tonal values

Throw caution to the wind • Kevin Scully begins his new series of five articles on loose and lively painting by encouraging us to forget the details and adopt a less-is-more approach

Finding your USP • Sarah Edmonds talks to friends, Jemma Lewis and Angela Bush about their unique artisan brand and their constantly developing business

CASE STUDY Jemma Lewis and Angela Bush • Jemma Lewis Marbling & House of Amitié

The art of stepping back • Give your paintings space to breathe advises Mike Barr

Exhibitions • GALLERY OPENING TIMES AND EXHIBITION DATES CAN VARY; IF IN DOUBT PHONE TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT

ART BOOKS Reviewed by Henry Malt

Texture overload • Barry Herniman uses gouache to demonstrate how to simplify details and textures without overworking the painting

BE INSPIRED BY OUR GALLERY ARTISTS • Delve into the world of flowers with Sarah Stanley