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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August • TIPS • ADVICE • IDEAS

WHAT IS COUNTERCHANGE? • HAZEL SOAN explains this useful artistic trick – and when to use it

Fresh Paint • Inspiring new artworks, straight off the easel

PORTFOLIO PLUS

HIDDEN Depths • CARNE GRIFFITHS tells REBECCA BRADBURY why he swapped blockbuster movies for ornate illustrations – and why a good cup of tea is so important

The Working Artist • This month, our columnist LAURA BOSWELL has some tips to help you draw the line between taking inspiration and taking liberties

THE ART OF ALONE BEING • The global lockdown has left artists stuck indoors like never before. STEVE PILL looks back at art history for clues of how to handle the situation – and where we go next

Bryan Mark Taylor • This American landscape master has invented his own easel and even taught Pixar a thing or two. He tells STEVE PILL how he developed his in-demand and increasingly abstract style

AMANDA HYATT • One of Australia’s leading watercolour artists shares her unusual alla prima techniques and reveals why she loves conjuring shades of grey from overcast scenes

5. THE COTSWOLDS • Revisiting the favourite landscapes of his pre-lockdown travels, GRAHAME BOOTH heads to an Oxfordshire village to demonstrate pen-and-wash sketching

HOW TO… CAPTURE AN ESSENCE

PAINTING ON CARTRIDGE PAPER

FINAL PAINTING • GRAHAME BOOTH, TAYNTON, COTSWOLDS, WATERCOLOUR ON 140GSM HAHNEMÜHLE CARTRIDGE PAPER, 13.5X19CM

SKETCHING KIT • GRAHAME SELECTS THE BEST MATERIALS TO PUT IN YOUR TRAVEL BAG

3. POETRY IN SIMPLICITY • Draw Brighton’s JAKE SPICER turns his attention to everyday objects in this six-part series. This month he explores a clean, linear drawing style inspired by Ellsworth Kelly

ARTIST IN FOCUS ELLSWORTH KELLY

EXERCISE THE FUNDAMENTAL LANGUAGE OF DRAWING

DEMO A DRAWING IN SINGLE LINES

FLAMENCO Dancer • Inspired by her art class sketches, AINE DIVINE recaptured the flamenco spirit back in her studio with bold colours and simple tricks

FURTHER INSPIRATION • If you enjoyed Aine Divine’s masterclass, here are more dancers she painted from her sketches

Depth with COLOUR • Over the next seven pages, we present a painting workshop on using colour to suggest three dimensions. AL GURY begins by outlining four areas of focus, before DAVID HORNUNG breaks down those relationships in detail

TAKEAWAY TIPS AL’S FOUR-POINT PLAN FOR SUCCESS

APPLYING COLOUR PRINCIPLES

ORDER & CHAOS • A precise drawing can help less confident artists get started. However, as HASHIM AKIB explains, a chaotic start that you tidy up later can produce more satisfying results

Hashim’s materials

DEMO VENICE SCENE

CHAOTIC GALLERY

2 COLOUR MIX • In this four-part series, ANN WITHERIDGE of London Fine Art Studios looks in depth at the four-colour Zorn palette. This month we will create a colour chart to explore the full range of possibilities.

SAVING THE ACCENTS

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