Readers learn painting and drawing firsthand from other artists through written instruction and reproduction, guiding them step-by-step through the creative process. The magazine shows readers a wide variety of creative options, teaching the fundamentals of art making, presenting techniques in different painting and drawing media.
A ROUND OF APPLAUSE
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A Powerful Portrait of Power • A formidable industrialist and his patron-of-the-arts daughter present a striking pair in EDMUND TARBELL’s splendid painting.
Treasures Hidden in Plain Sight • Art and science merge with the collaboration of an illustrator and two polar marine researchers.
NATURAL ART
HIGH AND TINY
Itinerant Artist
WE ASKED... • If you could plan a travel getaway right now to recharge creatively, where would you go?
WE ASKED... YOU ANSWERED
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SURFACE EXPLORATION • Follow HELEN OH’s step-by-step demonstration for painting on a metal substrate.
STILL LIFE: PAINTING ON COPPER
Snow Day • KATHLEEN DUNPHY offers tips for painting outside in the winter months.
CARING FOR CANINE PAINTING COMPANIONS
MY PLEIN AIR TOOLKIT
DEMO: PAINT THE SNOW—IN THE SNOW
Take the Detour • When your sketching practice begins to feel a bit lackluster, try a new direction. SUHITA SHIRODKAR shares four strategies for switching things up.
A Masterly Technique • ANDREW S. CONKLIN demonstrates the use of a mirror to reproduce the form and color of a figurine with remarkable accuracy.
COMPARATOR VIDEO
Compositions
Layers of Time • With brushes, sticks, fingers and cloth, Atanas Matsoureff creates haunting watercolors that show the past is so close, we can touch it.
MEET THE ARTIST
BRUSH With DEATH • A look at art in the time of pandemics provides a sense of the changing attitudes toward disease as well as the anguish and poignancy of its human toll.
GIVING NATURE HER DUE • HEIDI JUNG recasts the glory of the botanical world with a compelling, innovative use of sumi ink and charcoal on Mylar.
NATURAL SETTING
MEET THE ARTIST
The 37th Annual Art Competition • PRESENTING 15 PRIZEWINNING WORKS OF ART, PLUS 50 HONORABLE MENTIONS. GET READY FOR INSPIRATION OVERLOAD!
art news • Keeping you in the know
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Declare Yourself • Set yourself up for successful goal achievement with these tips.
Independent Study • Resources to inspire + build skills
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