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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Pablo Picasso…

INTRODUCING

Artists & Illustrators

Sketchbook • TIPS • ADVICE • EXHIBITIONS • NEWS • REVIEWS

THE DIARY • Open calls, prizes and artist opportunities

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Exhibitions • THE BEST ART SHOWS TO VISIT FROM THIS MONTH ONWARDS

WIN! £1200 worth of art lessons • Explore your creative potential with inspiring online courses at LONDON ART COLLEGE

We present… TOULLA HADJIGEORGIOU • This artist brings everyday moments to life through her expressive paintings

Mike Skinner • Mixed media artist, MIKE SKINNER, has never been one to follow the herd. He tells Sarah Edghill about his occasionally unorthodox approach to art

HOW I MAKE IT WORK Sergiu Ciochina • With over 250K followers on Instagram, this artist shares how he ‘made it’

Steve McDonald • This artist creates art that is fantastical but with a foot firmly planted in reality. Ramsha Vistro learns more

Jie Gao • This artist is also an Art Director at a gaming company, and his skill as a painter gives him the edge in his day job. Niki Browes finds out more

Picasso Printmaker • A new exhibition at the British Museum reveals Pablo Picasso as a prolific printmaker. Amanda Hodges finds out more

Diane Griffiths • As voted for by you, this year’s winner of The British Art Prize People’s Choice Award captures the essence of everyday life with striking detail and depth. Ramsha Vistro digs deeper

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STEP-BY-STEP studio • British Art Club member ROSEANNA CHETWOOD is a contemporary animal artist who uses palette knives to create her oil pet portraits. Here are her top tips for working in this way

Drawing faces: Hair • In the final instalment of his series on how to draw different parts of the head, artist and tutor JAKE SPICER shows you how to master hair

Owl art • Artist and teacher JANE DAVIES shows you how she created this beautiful barn owl in watercolour whilst being generous with her use of water

True blue • Using her signature medium of coloured pencil and pastel combined, SEMA MARTIN creates this polar bear in his icy, arctic environment

Zürich at twilight • In an exclusive extract from her new book Art With Markers, Chinese-Canadian artist ANGELA PAN shows you how she created this tranquil waterside scene using Posca pens

Coastal calm • In an extract from her new book Learn to Watercolor, LACEY WALKER shows you how to create this calming coastal scene using custom colours

You tell us

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Picture this • Every month, we ask an artist to tell us about a painting that is special to them. This month, we speak to artist and curator DAVID CASS