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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LETTER OF THE MONTH
March
Exhibitions • MARCH’S BEST ART SHOWS
Fresh Paint • Inspiring new artworks, straight off the easel
THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE ARTIST IN HIS SPARE TIME • Celebrated for his award-winning novels and illustrations, MARK HADDON has always painted for pleasure. Now a new series of abstract paintings heralds his emergence as a gallery artist as SALLY HALES discovers
HADDON’S HEROES THE AUTHOR REVEALS HIS ARTISTIC INSPIRATIONS
Keith Grant • The Liverpool-born artist opens the doors to his Norwegian home studio.
The Working Artist • Staying on top of your accounts is a must for all artists says our columnist LAURA BOSWELL
GUIDING LIGHT • As the 350th anniversary of Rembrandt approaches, his biographer ROSALIND ORMISTON celebrates the life and work of an artist we can all continue to learn from
FOUR TO SEE UK EXHIBITIONS IN REMBRANDT’S ANNIVERSARY YEAR
REMBRANDT: A LIFE TIMELINE OF THE ARTIST’S KEY EVENTS
WIN A RESIDENTIAL ART COURSE • Learn a new artistic skill courtesy of WEST DEAN COLLEGE OF ARTS & CONSERVATION in this month’s competition
Jen Gash • The winner of the Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year 2018 shares her tips on composition and advice for entering competitions.
IN HER NATURE • With access to her diaries, biographer WILLIAM PACKER offers fresh insight into the charming rural paintings of the late, great MARY NEWCOMB
March • TIPS • ADVICE • IDEAS
SPRING SEASCAPE • Dazzling light is an appealing subject, yet it is careful observation and clear aims that are the keys to capturing them as ROB DUDLEY explains
Rob’s materials
THE TEMPERATURE OF BLUE • Understanding whether a colour is warm or cool is an important step to making great paintings. ADELE WAGSTAFF shares advice, insight and paint mixing tips
KINDS OF BLUE • The characteristics and properties of three of the most widely used blues are explained here
EXERCISE • Exploring and mixing blues
1. LOOSENING UP • Over the next 12 pages, we present four top art projects to get the creative juices flowing in 2019. RAY BALKWILL begins with tips for painting with a greater freedom of expression
Ray’s materials
2. GETTING CREATIVE WITH PHOTOS • Printmaker SUSAN YEATES shows you a stylish and easy way to turn a photograph into an artistic linocut
Susan’s materials
3. BEATING A BLANK CANVAS • Scared of making your first mark? YAEL MAIMON offers seven strategies to lose the fear of starting
4. PAINTING SHINY OBJECTS • The play of light on reflective surfaces creates interesting challenges. HASHIM AKIB shows you how to capture such effects in an expressive way
Hashim’s materials
TWILIGHT SCENES • Colour and light changes quickly as night falls, posing challenges for landscape painters. NICK CUDWORTH shares a wealth of experience capturing these fleeting moments on canvas.
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