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

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! £1600 worth of studio art classes • Enhance your portrait painting skills at LONDON FINE ART STUDIOS

We Present… EB WATTS • Known for her vibrant use of acrylics, this artist’s journey is as colourful as her paintings

Nicolas Martin • This artist paints alla prima from his orderly studio, creating everyday scenes with depth and nuance says Ramsha Vistro

HOW I MAKE IT WORK Fred Ingrams • This artist proves that success lies in staying true to one’s vision

Tom Middleton • This artist started making art professionally in his late twenties as a means to support his budding music career. Now, he’s an award-winning wildlife artist, finds Niki Browes

Trisha Adams • Making art only came to TRISHA ADAMS in midlife, writes Sarah Edghill, but that didn’t hinder her. She’s now a professional artist

Face-off • In a bid to keep the group connected during the strange months of lockdown, members of the Contemporary British Portrait Painters were encouraged to sit for each other. It’s something they’ve continued – in extrodinarily different styles, writes Niki Browes

An all-around wild and crazy guy • Celebrating the late artist’s expansive creativity, this debut retrospective showcases NOAH DAVIS as one of the most original and uncanny painters emerging in recent years, finds Martha Alexander

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STEP-BY-STEP studio • To kick off the How-To section, professional artists from The British Art Club show you how they perfected their painting techniques. Here, mixedmedia artist KIRSTEN TODD – also a past British Art Prize finalist – shares what she’s learned

Snow patrol • Wildlife and animal artist PENEL KIRK shows you how she painted this fluffy snowshoe hare in his wintry environment in oil

Selfie • LUIS MORRIS paints a seasonal self-portrait in thinly applied oils, and demonstrates how the cold natural light reflects on his face and head

Let it snow • TERENCE CLARKE shows you how he painted this snowscape in oil using a wide range of tonal whites

Tree of life • Ever thought about using acrylic paints in the style of a watercolour? HASHIM AKIB shows you how

Side effects • For this side-on portrait, AINE DIVINE paints her friend Augustus, using watercolour paints almost like Indian ink

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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 BJÖRN WIRTZ