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

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Discover Liotard and the Lavergne Family Breakfast

In the moment • Caroline Saunders talks to virtuoso artist Anthony Eyton OBE RA, who embraces the immediacy of painting with pastels

Studio comfort • Revelling in painting from life, Rodney Kingston demonstrates why a studio still life is the perfect subject for painting in oils

Irresistible resists • In the first of two articles on resist techniques, Carole Robson introduces the gouache lift technique and demonstrates why its beauty lies in its unpredictability

Creating character • In the final article in his series on using photos to best effect in your paintings, Graham Webber shows how to combine the practical benefits of photography with your imagination

Sunshine and showers • Enjoy the spring sunshine with Steve Hall as he takes us on a journey around the Cotswolds in the second of his four-part series on painting landscapes in pastel

Let loose in the city • Keep your work loose and let the viewer's imagination fill in the details. Paul Talbot-Greaves offers advice on simplifying the urban scene

Art courses & holidays showcase

ART BOX • Art products to help you develop your skills

Floral portraits • In the second of her four-part series, Rosso Emerald Crimson continues to develop her portrait and begins to introduce a muted palette

COLOUR PALETTE

A winter's palette • Using ink and coloured pencil, Helen Hanson shows us how to paint a winter landscape with particular emphasis on working on separate areas and pulling the painting together in the final stages

Populating paintings • Add narrative, life and colour to your paintings by including fi gures. In the fi rst of a new three-part series Peter Keegan demonstrates a busy bar scene in oils

Let the snow paint itself • With the beautiful Austrian scenery around him, John Owen shows how to create the impression of stunning winter light and pure white snow en plein air in watercolour

UK ART SHOPS • Support your specialist art retailer by purchasing your materials from the shops listed here

Painting with positivity • Sarah Edmonds talks to artist Charlotte Aiken and discovers how positive thinking and a success mindset can translate into sales

The commission • Mike Barr highlights possible stumbling blocks along the way to undertaking a commission, and suggests ways to make sure the pathway runs smoothly

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 important deadlines

ART BOOKS Reviewed by Henry Malt

Blue sky and roses • Sophie M Cook takes us step-by-step through her process of...