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 • Issue 148 December/January 2023

Amazing Talent

Works of Art

EXCITING ART INSTRUCTION to sharpen your abstract painting skills!

LANDSCAPES • All the Prize Winners in our International Artist Magazine Challenge No. 132

Hillary Scott

Jessica Bryant

DJ

Diane Van Noord

Jill McGannon

Troels Kirk

Deborah Tilby

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.

INTERNATIONAL ARTIST CHIEF JUDGE

OFFICIAL ENTRY FORM • THREE INTERNATIONAL ENTRY POINTS

TO GALLERY OR NOT TO GALLERY? • Selling your work in today’s art market

Critical Thinking • Watercolorist Ted Nuttall chats about how he grew into an artist and a teacher

ZHAOMING WU

Storytelling

THE ART OF THE PORTRAIT

That Particular Something • Creating Engaging Compositions

Step by Step

LARGER THAN LIFE • Carin Gerard explores nature in her immense paintings, balancing the classical realism of the Renaissance with the spirit of contemporary art

Capturing Claus • JAMES GURNEY SHARES HIS EXPERIENCE DEPICTING THE ENDURING, FOLKLORIC FIGURE OF SANTA CLAUS

A Continued Conversation • Mary Jane Ansell paints the beauty of the human figure, often calling back to the Old Masters

In All Their Splendor • Marieluise Bantel captures the nuances of her botanical subjects by carefully choosing and mixing colors

Bold and Minimal • Utilizing both technology and imagination, Karen Hollingsworth creates striking compositions

Dramatic Volume • Acrylic artist Scott Coulter focuses on the importance of value to achieve realistic looking landscapes

Finding that Spark • Always snapping reference photos, Tracy Lyn Propp lets serendipity guide her artwork

Luminescence • Mixing her colors directly on the paper, Carrie Waller’s saturated paintings seem to emit their own light

Accurate Perspectives • Pablo Rubén begins his watercolors with a precise but basic drawing to establish proper perspective

Whimsy and Control • Watercolorist Ingela Matsson paints directly on dry paper, just soaking the areas she wants to paint

Architectural design

Common Problems • John Lovett discusses seven common issues watercolorists face and how to approach them

Graphic aesthetic

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Using Artificial Intelligence to Your Benefit • In every issue of International Artist we feature a Painting Workshop from Richard Robinson, one of New Zealand’s best artists.

POWERFUL DESIRE • Harley Brown’s fascinating things no one else will tell you

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