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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With such a diverse choice of landscapes to paint…

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Artists & Illustrators

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We present… • ROGER TURNER An artist who gets lost in the detail

Michelle Condrat • This artist works en plein air, with ever-fleeting natural light and the bluest of skies as her backdrop.

Will Teather • Visual painter Will Teather doesn’t give himself the option of being anything other than an artist

Anna Rose Bain • Based in Denver, Colorado, ANNA ROSE BAIN works full-time as a fine art oil painter and commissioned portrait artist who especially loves painting women and children. Niki Browes finds out more

Simon Palmer • Known for his distinctive approach to watercolour, SIMON PALMER intricately captures shapes, patterns, sunlight and shadow in his engaging landscapes of his beloved North Yorkshire. But ask him to paint anywhere else at your peril, finds Niki Browes

Endless inspiration: St Francis of Assisi • Peacemaker, pacifist, poverty activist and friend to creatures great and small, ST FRANCIS OF ASSISI has inspired artists for centuries. As a new exhibition dedicated to his image opens at the National Gallery, Martha Alexander explores the enduring

National Portrait Gallery: The re-opening • After a three-year closure, and some much-needed renovations, the doors of the National Gallery will soon be opening up again. Amanda Hodges looks into its history – and highlights exciting new exhibitions

Pear shaped • When arranged in a group, simple pieces of fruit can often give a narrative to your work. Here, still life artist DAVID BARBER shows you how he paints yellow pears

Watercolour sketchbooks to try this year • Here is the ultimate guide to buying what’s best for your watercolour practice

California dreaming • In her new book on painting with a palette knife, San Francisco-based artist LISA ELLEY shares what she’s learnt in over a decade painting almost entirely with a palette knife. Here, she shows you how she painted a coastal landscape with wildflowers

The colours of summer • OLLIE TUCK finds the beauty in everyday food items. Here, she shows you how she paints a summery still life in oil

Sunny city square • The dazzling bright light in Trafalgar Square makes for a dramatic cityscape. MARILYN ALLIS shows you how she painted it in watercolour

You tell us

Picture this • In every issue, we ask an artist to tell us about a piece of work that’s important to them. This month, we speak to Sweden-based animal artist

ELEGANT & VERSATILE