Artists & Illustrators

Artists & Illustrators is the UK’s best-selling magazine for artists and art lovers, providing advice and inspiration every month. Published for almost 25 years, each issue of Artists & Illustrators contains a colourful palette of profiles and features, together with valuable practical ideas, expert technical advice and useful product tests. Whether you favour oils or watercolours, portraits or landscapes, abstract art or botanical illustration, Artists & Illustrators brings a refreshing blend of creativity and advice every four weeks throughout the year.

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Artists & Illustrators

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We present… RUTH SWAIN • This artist paints surreal narratives, reinventing art with captivating twists

Flavia Birsan • This Romanian abstract artist captures the beauty of time’s passage in her paintings. Sara Mumtaz learns more about her process

Emma Tildesley • This Worcestershire-based artist’s journey embodies the magic and wonder of the natural world

Debbie Urquhart • This artist paints the things around her, yet her pictures are resolutely undomestic. She tells Sarah Edghill how she likes to reveal the elegant, spare geometry beneath the muddle of the everyday

Francisco Fonseca • This Portuguese artist found his muse in the rustic charm of his hometown, where every corner held a story waiting to be told through his art. Ramsha Vistro dives in to learn more

Natural magic • This rewilding exhibition is an event that hopes to help people re-engage and connect with nature. 12 professional artists from the UK were invited to see the results of the project and create artwork in response to what they witnessed. Jake Spicer explains his enchanting experience whilst there

Colour-coded The secrets and spiritualism of the Blue Rider • Active for just three years and bound by community, the Expressionist artists of the Blue Rider were totally unique. Their ideas had deep roots which helped shape Modernism, finds Martha Alexander

For the love of lidos • From rendering realistic water to getting good source material, painting outdoor pools comes with a unique set of challenges. These three artists explain why turning the lidos of London into much-loved artworks is always a joyful experience.

STEP-BY-STEP Studio • In this practical section, professional artists show you how they perfect their painting techniques – and share their tips and tricks with you. To start, British Art Club member and British Art Prize 2023 finalist, SHARON MOSELEY, shares her advice on how she brings art alive on paper with her favourite medium, the coloured pencil

Portrait in coloured pencils • In this final instalment of a fabulous five-part series, ADEBANJI ALADE shows you how he created this portrait in his most favoured medium: the mighty coloured pencil

Try collage • EMMA BLOCK is a keen advocate of creating with collage. In this exclusive extract from her new book, she explains why you should give it a try, too

Free as a bird • MIKE ROBERTS is a freelance illustrator who specialises in natural history subjects. Here, he shows us how he painted this delightful Stonechat in coloured pencil

Toy Poodle • Lancashire-based pet portrait and wildlife artist BECCA BARRON shows you how she drew a lifelike Toy Poodle using coloured pencils and pan pastels

The beauty of limited oil palettes • Artist and tutor AL GURY discusses – and shows –...