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.

FINDING THE BRIGHTER SIDE OF THE LOCKDOWN

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EVERYDAY BEAUTY

SKETCHBOOK • TIPS • ADVICE • IDEAS

Fresh Paint • Inspiring new artworks, straight off the easel

PORTFOLIO PLUS

FACES OF A CRISIS • The Portraits for NHS Heroes project only began in April, yet it has already become the defining artistic statement of a global crisis. The founder and three participants tell STEVE PILL their stories

JANE CLATWORTHY • Famed for her large-scale nudes, this London oil painter has produced two intimate NHS portraits

EMILY MORGAN • Aged just 18, this Cardiff A-Level student is one of the youngest artists taking part in the Portrait for NHS Heroes project

NICK RICHARDS • The Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year 2020 contestant has made some of Tom’s favourite paintings from the project

The Working Artist • We all need to be more generous, particularly in the current climate. Before sharing your skills though, you should always decide upon two things says our columnist LAURA BOSWELL

Drawn TO NATURE • Pallant House Gallery director SIMON MARTIN celebrates the tercentenary of GILBERT WHITE whose poetic writings inspired generations of artists

Felicity Flutter • The graphic designer turned watercolourist tells REBECCA BRADBURY how her endless fascination with water has led to an incredible body of seascapes and coastal paintings

PENCIL STILL LIFE • London Fine Art Studios tutor MICHAEL GALLONE shows you how careful planning and subtle reflected shadows can add realism to your coloured pencil drawings

4. MYKONOS, GREECE • Lockdown means we must travel through art instead. GRAHAME BOOTH shares tips for capturing tonal shifts on a bright sunny day

SIMPLIFYING FIGURES

PAINTING TRAYS

HOW TO PAINT… WHITE VARIATIONS

FINAL PAINTING • GRAHAME BOOTH, MYKONOS TOWN, WATERCOLOUR ON 300GSM MILLFORD NOT PAPER, 35X26CM

WAITING FOR the right light • If you’re struggling for inspiration during the lockdown, SIÂN DUDLEY preaches the need for patience and a closer observation of natural light in your garden

SHOOT FIRST, SKETCH LATER

TRAY FRAMES • London Atelier of Representational Art tutor LIZET DINGEMANS shows you how to measure up and attach a floating frame to give a stylish finish to your artwork

2. Staging Abundance • Draw Brighton’s JAKE SPICER looks at depictions of everyday objects in this six-part series. This month sees a lush approach inspired by the work of Giovanna Garzoni

critique YOUR ART • Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts chair AL GURY shares four simple strategies for assessing your own artwork and correcting errors

ANDREW TOZER • The Cornish plein air painter has found new ways to work during the lockdown, as he takes inspiration from the masters and draws upon his library of sketchbooks

1 THE BASICS • In this new four-part series, ANN WITHERIDGE of London Fine Art Studios will explain and explore the Zorn palette, showing the benefits of painting with just four colours

FURTHER IDEAS

STUDIO Paintings • ROGER DELLAR reveals how he turns location sketches into larger studio...