June 2024

The Artist Magazine

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WELCOME From The Editor
Want to comment on something you’ve read, or seen? Email me at theartistletters@tapc.co.uk or visit our website at www.painters-online.co.uk/forum Way back in my school-day A-level years in 1974-76 my passion for art was ignited by my amazing art tea
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The Artist
Editor: Sally Bulgin PhD Hon VPRBSA theartistletters@tapc.co.uk Contributing Editor: Jane Stroud Online Editor: Dawn Farley Design: Brenda Hedley, Sarah Poole Digital & E-commerce Marketing Executive: Emily Warner Advertising Sales Manager: Jayne Per
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Your Views Letters, Emails And Comments
Over the past 12 months I’ve experienced artists’ block, producing very little of interest, but, having read the In Conversation article with Taiwanese artist Chien Chung-Wei in The Artist April 2024 - Wow! What a revolution! The account of his prepa
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2024 Art In The PARK
Artists of all ages are invited to draw and paint in the inspiring setting of Upton Country Park, Poole, for the 2024 Art in the Park event, over the weekend of June 29 and 30. All work must be completed on location in one day and the artworks will b
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Association of Animal Artists Inaugural Chairman's Award 2023
The 2023 Inaugural Chairman’s Award prize with the Association of Animal Artists (AAA) was awarded to wildlife artist Sophie Parkhill. The AAA offers opportunities and support to animal artists who have already attained a level of experience, whether
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Paint the Park
Blackpool Art Society is holding its second Paint in the Park plein-air event at the award-winning Stanley Park in Blackpool on Saturday July 6. Artists of all levels are welcome to take part At the end of the day the artworks will be displayed for t
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SWA Society of Women Artists
The Society of Women Artists’annual exhibition goes on show at the Mall Galleries in London from June 25 to 29, featuring over 450 works from members and non-members. These range from portraits and landscapes to abstract, figurative, traditional and
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The Art World
The Rutland Gallery 27 High Street East Uppingham Rutland LE15 9PY 01572 510048 www.rutlandgallery.com Taking Risks with Watercolour is Shirley Trevena’s first exhibition at The Rutland Gallery, located in the historic town of Uppingham in Rutland. S
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Less Is More
was born in Amman, Jordan in 1961, and, when he was seven, was sent to boarding school in Berkshire, it was here that his passion for art was ignited and encouraged. Mark went on to take a foundation course at the Cambridge College of Arts and Techno
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RP Royal Society of Portrait Painters
MALL GALLERIES The Mall Nr Trafalgar Square London SW1 020 7930 6844 www.mallgalleries.org.uk David Cobley’s striking portrait of Sir David Attenborough (above) featured in last year’s Royal Society of Portrait Painters’ exhibition. This year will be
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Lessons In Oils
Whilst there are no rules for creating the perfect support for your oils, there are certain methods and concepts that I like to follow that are acknowledged by fellow artists and conservationists. The way I work in the studio fits quite well with the
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Celebrating Dandelions
During the first lockdown of 20201 developed a serious and lasting obsession with floral still-life painting. It sprang from a daily online drawing project I ran to keep my students busy, but also reflected my renewed interest in our garden and the o
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Simplifying Trees
Grahame Booth is one of Ireland’s best known watercolour tutors. He has been teaching watercolour for over 25 years at workshops all over the world and his paintings have won many national and international awards. A member of the Watercolour Society
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Drawing With Matchsticks
John Hoar was born in 1947 and studied architecture at Cambridge. He has been painting for a living since 1980 and has won several prizes for watercolour and teaches courses both at home in Devon as well as at Dedham Hall and Big Sky Art. He has five
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The Essentials Of Portraiture
Before I undertake the challenge of painting a portrait, whether working from life or from a reference image, I always approach it in the same way. Before I even pick up a paintbrush, I ask myself what are the tonal values? The key to creating a port
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All About Shadows
I applied a thin coating of yellow ochre and matt medium over the paper, then using rapid brushstrokes I suggested the buildings, starting with the darkest darks, then the blocks of cast shadows, before adding the details and interest that pull the p
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Plein-air Painting By e-bike
My love, bordering on obsession, with plein-air oil painting really took hold of me during a residency at Cill Rialaig in County Kerry in 2018 where I had the luxury of views across the Atlantic right outside my door and nothing to distract me from p
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Expand Your Imagination
Kevin Scully trained at Wimbledon School of Art and spent many years as an illustrator in advertising and publishing. He has written several books on painting and runs workshop and painting holidays in the UK and abroad. In July this year he will be
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Art Box
Mixed media Botanical Set Consisting of 24 products + one free online creative class with Jule Thomas. Contents include Supracolor Artist quality, 12 water-soluble assorted colour pencils Fibralo brush with 5 water-soluble assorted colour brush pens
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Exhibitions
Bankside Gallery 48 Hopton Street SE1. 020 7928 7521 banksidegallery.com RWS Spring 2024; until April 28. RE Original Prints 2024; work by members of the Royal Society of PainterPrintmakers (RE), May 3 to June 2. Hilary Paynter: Moving Mountains; woo
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Artistic Licence
This little painting is the embodiment of the term ‘artistic licence’. None of it was taken from a reference, so it’s entirely from memory and imagination. A painting this loose has so much potential for licence, as no one can say if it’s right or wr
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Authenticity In Your Brand
Sarah Edmonds is the marketing manager for Pegasus Art, a freelance arts marketing consultant and a watercolour painter. Sarah studied a short course at the Slade School of Fine Art followed by a degree in marketing and has worked in the industry eve
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Opportunities & Competitions
Details: The Almenara Art Prize is an international representational painting competition with more than €27,000 in cash awards and other prizes. Entries are invited in oil, pastel, acrylic, watercolour, graphite, charcoal, pencil, ink, coloured penc
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UK Art Shops
J & G Innes Ltd 107 South Street, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9QW Tel: 01334 472174 Open: Mon to Sat 9am-5.15pm Sun 12.30 - 4.30pm www.jg-innes.co.uk Stockists of: Winsor & Newton, Daler-Rowney, Hahnemühle, Staedtler, Parker, Waterman, books, magazines, ca
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ART BOOKS Reviewed by Henry Malt
Carolyn Trant Eleanor Hartney et al If you thought the art world has ignored female artists for too long, prepare for a year of book buying. And if you thought that all these tomes would be packed with make-weights, be prepared to eat your words. Spo
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Romance in Mousehole
The idea for this piece developed one summer in Cornwall. Time spent watching the gulls serenade each other on the colourful beaches brought me great inspiration. I chose to use Mousehole as the backdrop for the painting as I loved the shape of this
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Painters Online Editor’s Choice
Glasgow-based pet portrait and wildlife artist, Eilidh Mitchell has received many accolades for her work. Here she describes how she set about her greyscale drawing of a tabby cat. ‘I completed my first ever dog drawing using soft pastel, which has s
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Firm Favourites
A compilation of the five items from our online shop that I’ve chosen to review Plein-air sketching, coupled with the arrival of spring, is something that I always look forward to after the long winter months. I’ve selected some relatively inexpensiv

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