February 2023

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It’s Cold Outside…
…but as Al Gury says in his feature about the joy of colour through the ages, working with different hues in these bleak winter months can be a real pick-me-up. I urge you to keep on creating – getting in the artistic zone will take your mind off the
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Introducing
Anne-Marie’s paintings are a celebration of flowers and natural forms; the strong structures, distinct character and often the sheer joyfulness of their appearance. In recent work, she has widened her gaze to include more of the landscape, drawing in
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Things We Love…
A large-scale exhibition that explores the work of the celebrated Scottish artist Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, from her early works inspired by the Cornish landscape (she moved to St Ives in 1940) through to the abstract works she made during the ‘60s an
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Creative Escapes
If you want to escape everyday life, try something creative by painting while surrounded by stunning South Downs scenery. Engaging in art has been proven to boost mental well-being and reduce stress. Benefits include improved mindfulness and increase
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The first National Gallery contemporary fellow, artist Nalini Malani will present new ways of seeing well-known works of art. She has created striking new video animations, hand-drawn using an iPad, to reveal and conceal different aspects of painting
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Book Of The Month
Much has been said and written about Picasso’s life and art but until now, his self-portraits have never been studied and presented in a single book – many of which held in private collections. At the suggestion of Picasso’s widow Jacqueline, the dis
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The Diary
Enter your drawings to the Society of Graphic Fine Art which has an emphasis on excellence in drawing. It costs £20 per work and the prize fund totals over £2,000. sgfa.oess1.uk The Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours is looking for artworks
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Music To Their Ears
I adore Go or Go Ahead by Rufus Wainwright. I’ve loved Rufus ever since I discovered him almost 20 years ago. His unique theatrical pop and velvety voice has been the soundtrack to my entire career. This song is just so beautiful, the way it starts s
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Exhibitions
The New Year will see visitors to Bath’s Holburne Museum which offers a rare opportunity to see a complete set of twelve woodcut prints by the most celebrated artist of the German Renaissance, Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528). Known as the Great Passion, t
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We Present…
PETER BASHFORD DISCOVERED HIS LOVE for art at the age of 13, when he painted a boat drawn up on the beach with his first set of oil paints. “I was entranced. As a dyslexic mid-teen – at a time when dyslexia had not been discovered – I used painting a
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Selling prints of your work online may sound simple but it can prove to be a lot of work, not to mention costly. Due to this, many artists are put off and aren’t able to make the income they are capable of. That’s why Artists & Illustrators has teame
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Ollie Tuck
CREATIVITY IS ONE OF THE DEFINING FEATURES of Ollie Tuck’s family. Her brother is a talented sculptor and model-maker in the film and TV industry, while her mother can turn her hand to many creative mediums from cooking to upholstery; she even made O
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Simona Constantin
I worked as an orthodontist for many years, creating art in another form. I was programmed into old beliefs regarding the financial stability a doctor’s job can offer, but when you feel like you’re pedalling but not moving forward, that may be a sign
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Simona’s Tips On How To Make It As A Full-time Artist
It won’t always be easy, but you’ll learn more from the hard times than the easy ones. The trick is to not give up and keep on following your dream. Find a mentor and follow in their footsteps, but use your unique voice throughout your journey. Use a
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Dede Gold
DEDE GOLD WAS BROUGHT UP on the south coast of Ireland and oscillated between a strict convent education and a more free-range quaker school, depending on how her grades were going; anything less than a B and she was hiked back down the hill to the n
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Habib Hajallie
SINCE HE WAS A CHILD, Habib Hajallie has been drawing with ballpoint pens and remembers being constantly reprimanded – “Habib!” – for drawing all over his textbooks when he was at school. Inexpensive, unassuming and readily available, the humble biro
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‘Chin-chin’
ON A BLUSTERY WINTER’S EVENING in November, we hosted the private view for this year’s British Art Prize, our annual, national art competition which is open to everyone; whether you’re an amateur, emerging or professional artist. It was fabulous to s
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London Art Fair
THE LONDON ART FAIR aims to provide a space to showcase exceptional modern and contemporary art to discover and buy. Launching with just 36 UK galleries in 1989 by London’s Business Design Centre – where the fair still takes place today – it has grow
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Grand Desıgns
THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY PAINTER Thomas Gainsborough was a man of many hues. His contemporary, the mercurial and renowned actor David Garrick once memorably commented about Gainsborough’s receptive mind that it was “so crammed with genius of every kind
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Sun Wor Shipper
Turner (1775-1851) was the premiere landscape painter of his generation, dominating the art world, not just in Britain, but also Europe. Remarkably, his work was divided into three distinct periods. While Gainsborough and Constable painted in their o
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Creating Expressive animals In Ink
AS A LIQUID DRAWING MEDIUM, ink requires additional tools to apply it. We usually think about pens or brushes; however, it is possible to use a wide range of other tools to draw with or manipulate ink. Found objects, such as feathers or twigs, can ma
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Under The Sea
MY IDEA FOR THIS PAINTING began on spotting some beautiful underwater photos, by Belinda Collier-Morrow, posted on the White River Fish Sanctuary Instagram page. She kindly gave me her permission to paint from them. I still love the reefs and feel ev
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Red Squirrel
The end of this cane has been trimmed into a wedge shape using a blade. When drawing with a shaped cane, it can be twisted onto its narrow side to make thin marks, or broad side to make thicker ones. Try carving different shapes, such as angled tips
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Tiger
To produce the fur, I used short, quick strokes using the hog hair brush. Compared to the squirrel’s longer fur, the tiger’s is quite short and the small strokes help indicate this. The direction of the marks is important as well, as even though they
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Flying Fish
To create the shiny textures on the back of the fish, I rubbed a wax candle over the tooth of the paper, and then applied another layer of blue ink wash. The wax left there resisted the water in the ink and stopped it from settling on top, leaving hi
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Suffolk Trees
THIS PAINTING IS BASED on some photographs taken on a cold February day in Suffolk. The dramatic line of tall pine trees silhouetted against the light sky really appealed to me. Each of the solo trees in the foreground seemed to have their own distin
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Polar Bear
Again, the fur textures were produced by using dry brush techniques, this time with a larger, flat hog hair brush. The brush was a little wetter this time, as the ink is quite diluted and wouldn’t show very well if it were more thinly applied. To pro
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Colour a Visual history
COLOUR IS ONE OF THE GREATEST joys in the whole painting process. Sometimes, just sitting and mixing colour with no serious agenda other than the pleasure of seeing colours unfold is all that is needed. Comparing the chromatic intensities and tempera
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You Tell Us
I think it’s important to surround and immerse yourself creatively and be part of an artistic community. That’s why Artists & Illustrators is a super reference in the industry. As a fashion illustrator, inspiration is everywhere; from a fashion show
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Picture This
I remember feeling this pressure when painting Tranquility. It was at the beginning of my journey as a full-time artist, and I was overwhelmed by the thought of pursuing an art career. I felt such a sense of accomplishment when it was finished; it le

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