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 • Want to comment on something you’ve read, or seen?

YOUR VIEWS • LETTERS, EMAILS AND COMMENTS

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THE ART WORLD • NEWS, INFORMATION AND ONLINE EVENTS IN THE ART WORLD

RBA • Royal Society of British Artists

The Art of Painting • DIFFERENT REALITIES

ONLINE AUCTION

Saturday SKETCH • Watts Gallery - Artists Village

Berthe Morisot • Shaping Impressionism

Whimsical nostalgia • Caroline Saunders talks to Sarah Graham about her photorealist style and the motivations behind her subject choices

Sarah Graham: IN CONVERSATION with Caroline Saunders

A covering of snow • Robert Brindley demonstrates how composition, tone and colour are essential ingredients to painting successful winter scenes in watercolour

ROBERT’S TOP TIPS

KNOWING WHEN TO FINISH

Portrait of a bumblebee • In the final article in her series on painting animal portraits in pastel, Emma Colbert discovers the joy of colour applied to Fisher 400 pastel paper

EMMA Colbert

Why acrylics? • Paul Talbot-Greaves explores the pros and cons of using acrylic paint and suggests an exercise to try for yourself

Portraiture with hands • Paul Riley explains how to tackle the difficult subject of portraits in watercolour with a specific emphasis on capturing hands

Wildlife at speed • Hazel Soan paints wild animals in situations where speed is of the essence. Follow her as she describes how loose and descriptive brushstrokes help her to capture her subjects quickly

WILDLIFE at speed! • In this abridged extract from Learn to Paint Wildlife Quickly Hazel Soan uses sketches and photographs to paint wildlife back in the studio and shows how to make close ups and details look as though they were painted from life

Experimental mixed-media techniques • Andrew Field experiments with Wallace Seymour’s handmade inks and ancient drawing materials and discovers a world of opportunities

COLOUR TESTS USING PLANT-BASED INKS

Andrew’s top tips

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Moving inside • Light and shadows are all-important aspects of painting interiors, as Amanda Hyatt demonstrates in her watercolour painting of an opulent hotel foyer

Ringing the changes • Follow Tim Gustard as he thinks outside the box and adds a touch of humour to his still-life subjects in acrylics

Coloured sketches • Add colour and atmosphere to your sketches with Peter Cronin as he demonstrates a pencil and watercolour sketch and offers advice on how to collect reference material

The city at night • In the second of his four-part series on painting night scenes, Barry Herniman turns his attention to the city where he paints the buildings and light-filled streets of London in gouache

Colour and atmosphere • Patrick Wilkins uses colour from his favourite artists as the starting point for his own painting of a lighthouse using gouache and coloured pencils

WHAT’S HOLDING YOU BACK? • Sarah Edmonds offers advice on how to professionalise your...