Art
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Try a new palette
LIZET DINGEMANS SUGGESTS NEW COLOUR COMBINATIONS TO HELP YOU DEVELOP YOUR PRACTICE
6 min |
January 2021
Artists & Illustrators
The working Artist
Making great art requires honesty. Luckily, there are simple ways to make our inner voices more constructive, says columnist LAURA BOSWELL
2 min |
January 2021
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Looking Up
AINE DIVINE CHALLENGES YOU TO LOOK AGAIN WITH AN UPWARD-FACING PORTRAIT
5 min |
January 2021
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FIND DIVINE SUBJECTS
DAMPEN SOME PAPER, DROP IN COLOUR AND DISCOVER WHAT IT REVEALS, SAYS ROB DUDLEY
2 min |
January 2021
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Exhibitions
JANUARY'S BEST ART SHOWS
3 min |
January 2021
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Draw in layers
JAKE SPICER CHALLENGES YOU TO APPLY COLOUR IN LAYERS, USING A METHOD INSPIRED BY PRINTER INKS
2 min |
January 2021
Artists & Illustrators
10 MINUTES WITH - Jo BROWN
The Devon-based illustrator on keeping a nature journal, going viral and drawing octopuses.
2 min |
January 2021
Artists & Illustrators
How To Make Damar - Varnish
Lizet Dingemans explains the benefits of this traditional oil painter’s medium, before showing you quick ways to make and adapt it to suit your different needs
5 min |
December 2020
Artists & Illustrators
Portrait Painting - 3. Looking Down
In this series from Aine Divine, the watercolourist has been focusing on painting the head from unusual angles. She continues with a look at a foreshortened face
7 min |
December 2020
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TECHNIQUE - CHARCOAL TEXTURES
Drawing media can have as much versatility as paint. LANCELOT RICHARDSON shows how he created two detailed charcoal works by combining a variety of marks
5 min |
December 2020
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PUDDLES of colour
Painting water doesn’t just mean glamorous seascapes. ROB DUDLEY shows how autumnal showers can bring an unlikely scene to life
5 min |
December 2020
Artists & Illustrators
Spitting Image
Applauded for bringing portraiture back into fashion, JONATHAN YEO talks to REBECCA BRADBURY about overcoming adversity, making mistakes and painting VIPs
6 min |
December 2020
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Teatime STILL LIFE
ANGELA BANDURKA brings out the fine china to demonstrate how an analogous palette can be used to create a sense of harmony
8 min |
December 2020
Artists & Illustrators
IN THE STUDIO - Peter Brown
The New English Art Club president is usually found roaming busy streets in search of inspiration, so how did he adapt to the current restrictions, asks STEVE PILL
7 min |
December 2020
Artists & Illustrators
Fresh Paint
Inspiring new artworks, straight off the easel
5 min |
December 2020
Artists & Illustrators
REMBRANDT'S Self -Portraits
In this exclusive excerpt from her new book, Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, BETTY EDWARDS looks at how Rembrandt’s drawings became windows on the soul
5 min |
December 2020
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CAST DRAWING
Drawing from plaster casts is an important step between copying 2D artworks and working from life. AL GURY explores the history of the practice and offers tips to try
7 min |
December 2020
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LOOKING AT PICTURES
Thinking about how and why people interpret paintings in the way that they do can help you to become a more impactful artist, as TERENCE CLARKE explains
6 min |
November 2020
Artists & Illustrators
The Working Artist
Our columnist Laura Boswell is in a mindful mood this month, as she makes a plea for all artists to stop rushing and slow down
2 min |
November 2020
Artists & Illustrators
Brush And Palette Care
Looking after your tools not only saves money, it also improves your art. Here is everything you need to know to get great results for longer...
5 min |
November 2020
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Watercolour Skies
FABIO CEMBRANELLI shows you how to capture those big skies we fall in love with on our holidays, by lifting out colour and keeping the little details varied
6 min |
November 2020
Artists & Illustrators
JMW TURNER
As the Romantic artist’s embrace of the modern world is celebrated in a new Tate exhibition, FLORENCE SHEWARD reveals six techniques we can learn from his paintings
6 min |
November 2020
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Simple Things
In the final instalment of his six-part series, JAKE SPICER explores the work of Euan Uglow and how he used careful measurements to create characterful still life
5 min |
November 2020
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SIDE PROFILE
AINE DIVINE’S new set of workshops looks at the head from different angles, continuing with a sideways look at portrait painting that utilises shape and colour
4 min |
November 2020
Artists & Illustrators
In or Out?
Unsure which subjects and details to include when you are painting from life? You need to decide what your painting is really going to be about, says ROB DUDLEY
5 min |
November 2020
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Chasing Skies
Having forsaken big city life long before it was fashionable, OLIVER AKERS DOUGLAS has spent 2020 in search of remote landscapes, as KATIE MCCABE discovers
7 min |
November 2020
Artists & Illustrators
Ann Shrager
The New English Art Club member tells REBECCA BRADBURY how she recreates the life and colour of far-flung destinations from the comfort of her nest-like studio
6 min |
November 2020
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Once Upon A Time
BBC presenter and painter Lachlan Goudie tells Steve Pill why he is retelling the story of Scottish art and how his daughter’s princess obsession inspired his new work
7 min |
October 2020
Artists & Illustrators
10 Minutes With Charlie Mackesy
Creator of The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse on his heart-warming characters, and drawing for the NHS.
2 min |
October 2020
Artists & Illustrators
WHITE FLOWERS IN watercolour
PETULA STONE shows how the luminous quality of magnolias can be captured with the help of masking fluid and dark backgrounds
4 min |