Artists & Illustrators
IN-DEPTH: PAINTING WITH Inks
Keen to try a new medium? SUZY FASHT explores exciting ways to draw and paint with inks, including three exercises that show its true creative possibilities
6 min |
July 2020
Artists & Illustrators
Young AT HEART
Two of the best up-and-coming children’s book illustrators, ROBYN WILSON-OWEN and ALLISON COLPOYS , share the secrets behind their fairy-tale success stories with REBECCA BRADBURY
8 min |
July 2020
Artists & Illustrators
Josephine Hopper
Previously relegated to a sidenote in the biography of her famous husband Edward, the art of JOSEPHINE NIVISON is finally receiving its due as KATIE MCCABE discovers
5 min |
July 2020
Artists & Illustrators
MASTERCLASS: EXPLORING EXTREMES
Taking a leaf out of Matisse’s book, TERENCE CLARKE uses pure black and white pigments as part of his main colour scheme to create a vivid still life composition
5 min |
July 2020
Artists & Illustrators
HOW I PAINT: BERNADETT TIMKO
The young Hungarian artist’s latest paintings speak of a world on lockdown. She reveals the methods, inspirations, and techniques behind her award-winning works
7 min |
July 2020
Artists & Illustrators
Fresh Paint
Inspiring new artworks, straight off the easel
5 min |
July 2020
Artists & Illustrators
2020 VISION
This year’s three BP Portrait Award finalists share the stories and techniques behind their winning artworks and their thoughts on the role of a portrait painter in 2020
10+ min |
July 2020
Minerva
TEMPLES OF TYRANNY
Archaeologist Neil Faulkner argues that the Greek temples of Sicily are monuments to both civilisation and barbarism.
10+ min |
May/June 2020
Minerva
SARCOPHAGUS REVEALED UNDER THE ROMAN FORUM
A team of archaeologists and architects announced the ‘extraordinary’ discovery of a 2,600-year-old shrine directly beneath the Roman Forum – and they have suggested that it might be associated with the cult of Romulus, Rome’s legendary founder and the first king of the city.
2 min |
May/June 2020
Minerva
VISIONS OF EGYPT
Three Victorian artists – Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Edward Poynter, and Edwin Long – helped to shape our image of the distant past. Stephanie Moser describes how their passion for archaeology and love of domestic objects produced a wealth of detailed, descriptive paintings.
10+ min |
May/June 2020
Minerva
MONUMENTAL MEXICO
The Olmecs are best known as the creators of Mexico’s first civilisation, and for making some of the country’s most extraordinary works of art. Claudia Zehrt surveys a major new exhibition that aims to bring their history and culture to a European audience, and includes many fascinating pieces that have never left Mexico before.
10+ min |
May/June 2020
Minerva
Eugène Boban (1834-1908)
In the mid 19th century, new national museums were opening across Europe.
2 min |
May/June 2020
Minerva
ANCIENT LUXURY GOODS
A new study has shed light on the trade and production of decorated ostrich eggs across the Mediterranean region and in the Middle East during the Bronze Age and Iron Age.
2 min |
May/June 2020
Minerva
FROM THE ARCHIVE - STONEHENGE PICNIC, 1860S
Relaxing in the shade of Stonehenge’s towering trilithons, these Victorian picnickers are dwarfed by the Neolithic monument in whose circuit they sit.
1 min |
May/June 2020
Minerva
150 YEARS OF THE MET
On 13 April 1870, New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art was founded. Celebrating this anniversary, a new exhibition explores how America’s largest art museum came into being, and looks at the changes it has gone through in its 150-year history. The curator Andrea Bayer tells Lucia Marchini some of its stories.
10+ min |
May/June 2020
Minerva
Glories Of The Met
There are many outstanding examples of ancient art in the Met’s collections. We take a look at a few highlights – both from the exhibition Making the Met and elsewhere in the museum – that open a window on to the institution’s past.
4 min |
May/June 2020
Artists & Illustrators
Fresh Paint
Inspiring new artworks, straight off the easel
5 min |
June 2020
Artists & Illustrators
The Working Artist
Our columnist LAURA BOSWELL on being realistic with your creativity during the crisis
2 min |
June 2020
Artists & Illustrators
Wild BEAUTY
After winning the Artists & Illustrators Award at the Pastel Society’s 2020 show, MARGARET LARLHAM tells REBECCA BRADBURY about her arresting pastels and artistic rituals
7 min |
June 2020
Artists & Illustrators
PAINT AT HOME
Make the most of your enforced stay indoors with our 15-page technique special focused on lockdown subjects, from mirror self-portraits to drawing from windows
10+ min |
June 2020
Artists & Illustrators
INTERIOR SCENES
Working in his studio, ROGER DELLAR tackles a complex scene in pastels, showing you how to develop a found composition and balance multiple light sources in one picture
6 min |
June 2020
Artists & Illustrators
Choose the right… PAINT MEDIUM
Aa paint medium is a great way to add variety to the surface of oils, watercolours or acrylics. Find the right one for you with our guide below
3 min |
June 2020
Artists & Illustrators
7 STEPS TO ABSTRACTION
Do you struggle to loosen up your drawing skills and create meaningful abstract paintings? CHRIS GILVAN-CARTWRIGHT reveals his seven practical steps to success
6 min |
June 2020
Artists & Illustrators
10 MINUTES WITH Sarah URIST GREEN
The author, curator and podcast host on what art means to her. Interview: REBECCA BRADBURY
2 min |
June 2020
3D World UK
PUREREF
PureRef is an application that enables artists to collect, collate and arrange reference images with ease
3 min |
June 2020
3D World UK
RE-SLEEVING MORE MYSTERY WITH ALTERED CARBON
GO INSIDE THE INTRICATE VISUAL EFFECTS CREATED FOR SEASON TWO OF THE SCI-FI SERIES
6 min |
June 2020
3D World UK
SONY 8MM CAMCORDER REPLICATION
ARTIST Myles Lambert SOFTWARE Modo, Substance Painter, Marmoset Toolbag
1 min |
June 2020
3D World UK
Making a fan movie with blockbuster VFX
Flipbook Studio tell 3D World how they delivered over 100 VFX shots for Star Wars: Origins
5 min |
June 2020
3D World UK
MAKE A REALISTIC KIMONO
Eugenia Peruzzo explains how to simulate clothes for game characters from a two-dimensional pattern to a ready-to-sculpt mesh
10+ min |
June 2020
3D World UK
Glen Southern
Glen runs a small 3D studio in Cheshire and provides assets and services to a wide range of clients across TV, film and advertising
10 min |