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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Exhibitions • APRIL'S FIVE BEST ART SHOWS

MODERN FIGURES • Three top takeaways from Kehinde Wiley’s first UK exhibition

Fresh Paint • Inspiring new artworks, straight off the easel

PORTFOLIO PLUS

MAGIC CIRCLES • An unusual round format and a shroud of fog has elevated GILL ROCCA’s imaginary landscapes to a new level. STEVE PILL visits her calming studio to find out more

The working Artist • Our columnist LAURA BOSWELL on why no one wants to see a filtered version of an artist’s life

7 LESSONS FROM WARHOL • Tate Modern’s forthcoming retrospective of the Pop Artist’s work is the perfect chance to learn from his unique approach to painting says RAVNEET AHLUWALIA

Underway Studio • STEVE PILL visited the South London printmaking collective to find out how four individual artists have pooled their talents to create a singular creative vision

BUILDING LAYERS • Subtle glazes of pure colours can turn a simple paint-by-numbers into a photorealist masterpiece as LORENA KLOOSTERBOER reveals

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Drawn TO SIMPLICITY • Even with a camera to hand, sketching a scene can be a valuable part of the painting process as it helps you focus on the key elements, as GRAHAME BOOTH explains

CREATIVE sketchbooks • Watercolourist KATE OSBORNE opens up her sketchbooks to show you some inventive ways to develop your ideas in private

SCREEN PRINT • In love with bold colours and strong lines? Award-winning illustrator ELIZA SOUTHWOOD shows you how to make a simple, graphic screenprint

3. WEIGHT AND FORM • Draw Brighton’s JAKE SPICER continues his five-part series on the building blocks of life drawing with a look at how the distribution of fat creates individual forms

CHRISTOPHER RYLAND • The Suffolk watercolourist celebrates 25 years as a member of the Society of Botanical Artists by sharing his expressive approaches to colour and composition

Sketching THE MASTERS • Making a quick oil sketch of an Old Master painting not only helps you understand techniques, but also teaches you a lot about yourself, as SARA LEE ROBERTS explains

REVISITING A MASTERPIECE • Art tutors ROB AND SIÂN DUDLEY visit the site of Constable’s The Hay Wain to share new and creative ways of painting landscapes made famous by an Old Master

PAINTING AN ICON • TIPS FOR TACKLING A POPULAR SUBJECT

Kassia ST CLAIR • The Secret Lives of Colour author reveals the people, places and pigments that inspire her.