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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INTRODUCING

Artists & Illustrators

Sketchbook • TIPS • ADVICE • EXHIBITIONS • NEWS • REVIEWS

Sketchbook

THE DIARY • Open calls, prizes and artist opportunities

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Exhibitions • THE BEST ART SHOWS TO VISIT THIS AUGUST

WIN! £1,000 WORTH OF EXPERT ART TUITION! • Watch your art skills soar with an online art course with ST IVES SCHOOL OF PAINTING

Simon Davis • You’ll find this artist painting in his home studio in East London and, depending on the time of year, he’ll either be illustrating comics or creating fine art, as Rebecca Bradbury discovers

Jemma Powell • Artist JEMMA POWELL tells us how she combines a hectic home life with the challenges of being a full-time artist

JEMMA’S TIPS ON MAKING IT AS A FULL-TIME ARTIST

Lucy Kent • Many artists admit it takes them years to find their metier and LUCY KENT is no exception finds Sarah Edghill

The Brıtısh ART Prıze 2022

Prizes • The British Art Prize has five fantastic prizes. They are:

We present… • ROGER ASLIN An artist who describes himself as a modern-day flâneur

Mark Cass • He’s the man behind Britain’s leading art supplies retailer, Cass Art. But art, and supporting artists, is more than just business for him. It’s his life’s mission, he tells Niki Browes

Anatomy of a… • In an edited extract from his new book, Watercolour the Natural World, TIM POND talks you through the anatomies of three species of animal and shows you how to paint them in watercolour

The Royal Academy Summer Show: First timers • THE ROYAL ACADEMY SUMMER SHOW is billed as the world’s most joyful art experience. Adrian Mourby meets six of this year’s artists

The Narrowboat Nile • When recreating a favourite scene, LUIS MORRIS wants his paintings to capture the feeling of being at peace in that place

Into the blue • In this fourth article, ANN WITHERIDGE shows you how to tackle skies, essential for any successful landscape painting

Making an Impression • Nothing invokes a choice of colourful possibilities better than a traditional British summer garden. PETER KEEGAN shows you how to paint one in the style of the Impressionists, in particular Monet

The sweetest thing • In this edited extract from her new book, Botanical Watercolours through the Seasons, SANDRINE MAUGY shares her love of painting sweet peas at a perfect time of year

Out of the shadows • Gestalt is a German word meaning ‘shadow’ or ‘shape,’ and getting to grips with the theory can be incredibly useful for your drawings, as demonstrated in this step-by-step guide by LIZET DINGEMANS

Light fantastic • JAKE SPICER demonstrates how Derwent’s prestigious Lightfast coloured pencil range is the perfect medium to use for portraiture

You tell us

Picture this • In every issue, we ask an artist to tell us about a piece of work that means a lot to them. This month, we speak to professional portrait artist HARRIET PATTINSON