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

SUBSCRIBE TO ARTISTS & ILLUSTRATORS • Become a better artist with our practical features, inspirational step-by-step guides and advice from the professionals directly to your door, 13 times a year

Exhibitions • THE BEST ART SHOWS TO VISIT FROM FEBRUARY ONWARDS

WIN! digital art tablets worth over £1,300 • Meet your new artistic companion, courtesy of XENCELABS

Roll up! • 2023’s British Art Prize was a runaway success. Here are some highlights from the private view

Jeffrey Hayes • This American artist unveils the silent poetry of still life, capturing our world’s quiet beauty in every brushstroke, says Ramsha Vistro

HOW I MAKE IT WORK Morgan Weistling • This artist began his art career as a Hollywood film poster illustrator. He shares how he went on to find success as a fine artist

Sebastian Thommen • From childhood landscapes to a touching legacy, this watercolour artist shares how profound connections shaped his journey, as Sara Mumtaz finds out

Paint off! • For the first time, RAW UMBER STUDIOS are holding a live painting competition, where the winner will receive a hefty cash prize along with a feature in this best-selling magazine

Ans Debije • Dutch artist, ANS DEBIJE, tells Sarah Edghill about her daily still life paintings

Sargent and fashion • Celebrated for his iconic portraits, John Singer Sargent was an early stylist to the names in the know, finds Amanda Hodges

Rethinking landscapes • If the idea of landscape paintings conjures images of bucolic English vistas, a new show at Dulwich Picture Gallery is about to change all that. Soulscapes encourages us to rethink what landscape really means – and to whom, says Martha Alexander

Independent woman • A pioneer in her field, ANGELICA KAUFFMAN was an early example of female ability and power in the art world, finds Amanda Hodges

Portrait in mixed media • In this third of a five-part series, ADEBANJI ALADE shows you how he created this striking portrait with watercolour, gouache and coloured pencils

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Wild watercolour • INGA BUIVIDAVICE’s second book was born as a result of combining old knowledge and new discoveries with her profound love for watercolour and wildlife. Here is an extract exclusively for Artists & Illustrators

Blazing a trail • DORIEN BROUWERS transitioned from working as a graphic designer into writing and illustrating picture books, a journey sparked by her desire to create a meaningful gift for her son

Coming up roses • MATTHEW HAYDNJEANES shows you how to paint this captivating still life in mixed media

Taking flight • Mix meaningful watercolour techniques to paint an egret in flight, as shown in this demonstration by SARAH STOKES, taken from an edited extract from her book Painting Birds: Expressive Watercolour Techniques

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