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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Artists & Illustrators

Sketchbook • TIPS • ADVICE • EXHIBITIONS • NEWS • REVIEWS

THE DIARY • Open calls, prizes and artist opportunities

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Exhibitions • THE BEST ART SHOWS TO VISIT FROM THIS MONTH ONWARDS

WIN! £1000 towards fabulous art courses • Your chance to secure a place at the iconic ST IVES SCHOOL OF PAINTING in Cornwall

We present…. FEDERICO RIZZO • This artist transforms light and shadows into emotional depth, blending meticulous preparation with instinctive creativity

Isabella Watling • This artist’s timeless portraits blend classic techniques with contemporary aesthetics, offering a captivating glimpse into the essence of her sitters. Sara Mumtaz learns more

Sarah Adams • This artist evokes the sea’s constant change and romantic landscapes through meticulous observation

Lewis Hazelwo od-Horner • With one of his paintings currently on display in the National portrait Gallery, LEWIS HAZELWOOD-HORNER tells Sarah Edghill how he approaches his work

Jeffrey Larson • This artist masterfully captures light and shadow, creating strikingly evocative pieces, says Ramsha Vistro

Mural magic • Meet some of the artists who will be scaling up and using the city as their canvas at the London Mural Festival this autumn.

Colour king • A major new exhibition on MICHAEL CRAIG-MARTIN CBE RA will tell the story of how the artist’s practice has developed over the span of his career, finds Amanda Hodges

Brushing up • A sophisticated synthetic brush range from German brush giants DA VINCI is wowing artists from all over. We take a closer look

The British ART Prize 2024 • Artists & Illustrators is thrilled to be back with The British Art Prize 2024. Enter today for the chance to win some fabulous prizes, have your work exhibited at a major London gallery and be featured amongst these pages!

STEP-BY-STEP studio • Botanical Artist ANN SWAN, RHS Gold Medalist, teacher and author of Botanical Painting with Coloured Pencils shares her top tips for creating eye-catching and vibrant plant portraits using an underpainting technique

Drawing faces: Eyes • In this second part of his six-part series on drawing faces, JAKE SPICER shows you how to master the art of drawing eyes

Poses and angles

Personal variation

Nightrider • Painting from one of her favourite spots in Sussex, LUCY MARKS shows you how to paint en plein air at night

Brighton Pier • British Art Prize finalist BRETT HUDSON shows you how he painted this ornate pier, along with long shadows, in watercolour

Nosing around • SEMA MARTIN mixes pan pastels and coloured pencils to create this cute hedgehog in just 90 minutes

The last panda • A chance encounter in Mexico City inspired LIZ CHADERTON to paint this mixed media portrait of a panda

You tell us

Picture this • In every issue, we ask an artist to tell us about a piece of work that is important to them. This month, we speak to acrylic artist ROMY ELLIOTT

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