International Artist

International Artist takes you inside the studios of the world’s best artists. The magazine displays practicing artists describing their approach and work process in all painting mediums.

International Artist

Why do artists paint?

Finding Your Path

FAVORITE SUBJECTS

HOW TO ENTER OUR ART COMPETITIONS

ART PRIZE CHALLENGE SERIES • A continuing series of art competitions designed to encourage the best talent working in the world today open to any painting or drawing medium.

OFFICIAL ENTRY FORM

DRAWING INSPIRATION • Where to find and organize your references

Shared Joy • Claudia Hartley chats with Scottsdale Artists’ School about her roots as an artist and instructor

FIVE PROBLEMS WITH GOUACHE (AND HOW TO SOLVE THEM) • James Gurney tackles challenges specific to the medium of gouache

Not an Easy Task

Words of Wisdoms from the 2022 Faculty, Part Two

THE ART OF THE PORTRAIT

Painting an Intimate Self Portrait

Social REALISM • Warren Chang breaks down his recent paintings capturing elements of life in California during the past two years

WHAT TO PAINT WHEN YOU ARRIVE • Michael King explores elements unique to painting in the field in this final installment of his three-part series.

The Drama of Nature • From plein air studies to final studio paintings, Kim Casebeer distills the intensity and vibrance of the landscape

My Art in the Making Room to Breathe

Orchestrating a Scene • Deliberate compositional planning allows Tanvi Pathare to more fully emphasize the themes of her oil paintings

My Art in the Making Human Consciousness

Combinations

Tactile Response • Anastasia Trusova utilizes gels, palette knives and scrapers to create multiple textures in her painting

My Art in the Making I sit and wait, I wait for the fish to swim by itself

Agile & Precise • Sandra Bartels moves swiftly between pastels and pastel pencils, focusing separately on each area of her subject

My Art in the Making Watching over me

Art as Expression • Pastel artist Randall William Bennett uses different mediums in his underpaintings to create variety and evoke emotion

My Art in the Making Zebra Foal

Embracing the Water • Using rapid brushstrokes and copious amounts of water, João Cabral enhances the transparency of his watercolors

My Art in the Making TAVIRA

Exploring Palettes • John Lovett delves into the various ways palettes can be utilized in your artwork

Surreal Scenes • Erika Stearly creates her abstract interiors by combining the fluidity of watercolors with the heaviness of acrylics

My Art in the Making Garrison, NY No. 301

Beautiful as you are

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TROELS KIRK • Explore the studios or plein air setups of some of the world’s best artists.

Painting a Dog Portrait • In every issue of International Artist we will feature a Painting Workshop from one of New Zealand’s best artists.

Harley Brown’s fascinating things no one else will tell you MINDFULNESS

NON-OBJECTIVE REAL

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