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.

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DREAM & Refuge • Works from the Jerwood Collection

LAVERY on Location

A touch of light • Caroline Saunders talks to Kayla Martell, winner of The Artist Award in the annual Society of Women Artists'exhibition, about her quirky still-life compositions and her use of fresh colour and expressive brushwork

Making connections • In the first of his five-part bi-monthly watercolour series on simplifying your subject, Grahame Booth focuses on figures and shows how connecting shapes can help to simplify the final painting

Layers within the landscape • Explore the history and landscape of the Pennines with Robert Dutton as he explains how to combine digital references with paint to produce unique works of art

Landscapes in pastel • In the first of four articles on painting landscapes in pastel, Steve Hall demonstrates how he turns reference material gathered on location in Kent in September into a winter landscape

Starting points • In the second of three articles on using photos creatively, Graham Webber shows us how to draw all the best elements from your photograph for maximum impact in your painting

Buildingscapes in watercolour • Be inspired by Paul Riley’s top tips to paint architectural subjects with life and atmosphere

Creative floral portraits • Go on a journey with Rosso Emerald Crimson in the first of a four-part series in which she reveals how she combines flowers with portraiture to create impactful oil paintings

A world in colour • Put the wow factor into your paintings with considered use of colour, advises Paul Talbot Greaves as he demonstrates a landscape in acrylics

Watercolour or oil? • Jane Burgess paints landscapes in both watercolours and oils. Here she demonstrates how each painting is evaluated before the medium is decided upon

Painting adventures • Hilary Page offers some practical tips to make the most of the painting subjects and the people you meet while travelling in foreign climes

HILARY'S PAINTING KIT

Finding your voice • Andrew Field offers advice on how to develop your own artistic style aligned with your passions

EXERCISE TO HELP DEVELOP YOUR ARTISTIC STYLE

Your new go-to! • What if we were to tell you that there's an exciting new online haven for all your favourite art products?

Bringing focus to your work • Sarah Edmonds suggests ways artists can take a long-term view to allow their work to take on deeper clarity

That, which cannot be mentioned • Don't fall into the habit of slavishly copying work by other artists, warns Mike Barr. Learn from them, but always be original

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

Opportunities & Competitions • Check out the latest competitions to enter and make a note of...