Art
Artists & Illustrators
Painting FROM PHOTOS
Former BP Travel Award winner EDWARD SUTCLIFFE shares his simple seven-step plan for making striking realist paintings from your source pictures
6 min |
June 2021
Artists & Illustrators
Sketchbook STRATEGY
Although you only tend to see finished work, a sketchbook is often a key part of the process. We asked seven top artists to open their books and share their methods
6 min |
June 2021
Artists & Illustrators
Expressive FIGURES
Royal Institute of Oil Painters member LUIS MORRIS shows how working from a sketch and mixing up a range of colours early can allow a more creative, painterly finish
6 min |
June 2021
Artists & Illustrators
Painting from memory
After a year in lockdown, our visual memories are more important than ever. ROB DUDLEY shares a method that will help you utilise them to create more artistic paintings
4 min |
June 2021
Artists & Illustrators
Fresh Paint
Inspiring new artworks, straight off the easel
4 min |
June 2021
Artists & Illustrators
David Hockney
Writing exclusively for Artists & Illustrators, author and art critic MARTIN GAYFORD speaks to the great Yorkshire artist about the joys of spring, his enduring inspirations, and how his latest French studio has given him a new lease of life – and cured his limp!
9 min |
June 2021
Artists & Illustrators
1. COLOUR LANGUAGE
JAKE SPICER begins a new four-part series on understanding colour by showing us how the use of more accurate descriptions can help us better identify and replicate hues
4 min |
June 2021
Artists & Illustrators
Painting POETRY
Ignoring textbooks and making up her own rules has garnered landscape painter MARY ANNE AYTOUNELLIS many fans, including Prince Charles, as REBECCA BRADBURY finds out Poetry
7 min |
March 2021
Artists & Illustrators
PREPARATORY STUDIES
Tempted to just get started on a final painting straight away? ROB WAREING shows you why completing a single-session study first can enhance the finished work
8 min |
March 2021
Artists & Illustrators
The Working Artist
Our columnist LAURA BOSWELL was inspired by an ex-student, who reminded her that the journey is more important than the destination
2 min |
March 2021
Artists & Illustrators
WOODCUT Prints
Our regular columnist (and leading printmaker) LAURA BOSWELL guides you through all the tools and techniques required to make a simple two-block woodcut print
7 min |
March 2021
Artists & Illustrators
WASSILY KANDINSKY
The Russian painter was one of the first true abstract artists, using music as a basis for his instinctive paintings. STEVE PILL explores his colourful responses to the world
7 min |
March 2021
Artists & Illustrators
Rita ISSAC
The multi-media artist on her new book, journaling and keeping motivated. Interview: REBECCA BRADBURY
2 min |
March 2021
Artists & Illustrators
Mixing Orange
GRAHAME BOOTH ’s new series focuses in turn on the secondary colours. Starting with orange, he will show you how to mix perfect hues for every occasion
4 min |
March 2021
Artists & Illustrators
ELISE ANSEL
By striking up a conversation with the Old Mistresses of art history, this American oil painter has brought their stories to life via her fresh and abstracted style
7 min |
March 2021
Artists & Illustrators
2. STILL LIFE painting
Continuing his new series on composing pictures, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts’ chair of painting AL GURY talks us through humble still life traditions
7 min |
March 2021
Artists & Illustrators
1 REMBRANDT
Heatherley School of Fine Art tutor and artist LAURA SMITH looks to the work of the Old Masters and sets a series of exercises that will improve your composition skills
6 min |
March 2021
Artists & Illustrators
Mary Newcomb
This self-confessed “country artist” developed a cult following for her post-war paintings of everyday life. KATIE MCCABE revisits the inspirations behind her art
5 min |
February 2021
Artists & Illustrators
Mark Entwisle
The Sunday Times Watercolour Competition winner talks to REBECCA BRADBURY about being a frustrated oil painter and working in his “man cave” garden studio
6 min |
February 2021
Artists & Illustrators
LANDSCAPE painting
In the first of a three-part series on composing paintings, AL GURY begins by introducing a more responsive approach to landscapes with his 15-step guide to success
7 min |
February 2021
Artists & Illustrators
Reflections
Shiny and see-through surfaces are a daunting challenge to replicate, so the Pastel Society’s LIZ BALKWILL has set an exercise that will help you simplify the process
6 min |
February 2021
Artists & Illustrators
Masters at work
Exploring the workspaces of Old Masters and modern artists is a great way to learn about their lives and their craft. We picked out 12 of the best that you can visit
10+ min |
February 2021
Artists & Illustrators
Fresh Paint
Inspiring new artworks, straight off the easel
5 min |
February 2021
Artists & Illustrators
Drawing Fur
Wildlife artist JASON MORGAN has spent more than 20 years perfecting his technique for rendering animal fur. Discover his simple, three-stage approach with stunning results
6 min |
February 2021
Artists & Illustrators
Light and Shade
Finding variety in repeated forms is the key to creating interesting pictures.FABIO CEMBRANELLI shows you how with a gorgeous wisteria-covered doorway in France
6 min |
February 2021
Artists & Illustrators
FFIONA LEWIS
A new studio has brought new challenges and big opportunities for this architectturned-artist as she scales up to make her largest and most ambitious paintings yet
7 min |
February 2021
Artists & Illustrators
Back to DEMO future
Short of inspiration during lockdown, MATT JEANES needed a new challenge. He turned to vintage photographs and tried to add some fresh colour to forgotten images of the past
4 min |
February 2021
Artists & Illustrators
21 For 2021
To kickstart the new year in inspiring fashion, we’ve curated a selection of 21 emerging painters who are doing fresh and exciting things within the traditions of figurative art
10+ min |
January 2021
Artists & Illustrators
Go To Work On An Egg!
Liz Balkwill challenges you to think conceptually in still life
3 min |
January 2021
Artists & Illustrators
Four-Colour Experiment
Paint a self-portrait with a limited palette to really get to know your colours, says James Bland
1 min |