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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EDITOR’S LETTER

INTRODUCING

Artists & Illustrators

Sketchbook • TIPS • ADVICE • EXHIBITIONS • NEWS • REVIEWS

Five creative resolutions for 2025 • Refresh your approach with purposeful goals for a fulfilling year ahead

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THE DIARY • Open calls, prizes and artist opportunities

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Lauren Pretorius • This artist transforms ordinary objects into extraordinary works, evoking nostalgia and sparking joy. Ramsha Vistro finds out more

HOW I MAKE IT WORK Petra Börner • This artist and illustrator shares how she achieved success through hands-on craftsmanship and global collaborations

Graham Spice • This still life artist tells Sarah Edghill about his love of lino printing, design and working with acrylic

Maja Lindberg • This artist’s illustrations are inspired by fairy tales, dreams, childhood memories and her Swedish heritage. Niki Browes learns more

THE WINNERS • Our major annual global art competition was a huge success, and thousands of entries were whittled down to just 50 paintings. We present the winning artists – in their own words

FIRST PRIZE Samuel Owusu Achiaw

SECOND PRIZE Lawrence Green

THIRD PRIZE Arina Gordienko

Duncan Shoosmith • THE RAW UMBER STUDIOS PRIZE FOR PORTRAITURE

Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael 1504 • A new exhibition at the Royal Academy explores the rivalry between Michelangelo and Leonardo, and the influence they both had on the young Raphael. Amanda Hodges finds out more

STEP-BY-STEP studio EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO PAINT AND CREATE • In this insightful How-To section, professional artists from The British Art Club show you how they perfected their painting techniques. Here, oil artist ELLY HADJIPATERAS tells us what she’s learnt

Drawing faces: Ears • In the penultimate instalment of his series on how to draw different parts of the face, coloured pencil specialist and Artists & Illustrators regular JAKE SPICER shows you how to draw ears

Poses and angles

Personal variation

By royal appointment • Using oil pens, glue and newsprint from stories relating to the King, MARILYN ALLIS created this clever collage portrait of our monarch in mixed media

MARILYN’S MATERIALS

Wet Wexford ramble • SEBASTIAN THOMMEN breaks down how he created this wet street scene in his favourite medium, watercolour

SEBASTIAN’S MATERIALS

Wise eyes • Bird artist RACHEL ALTSCHULER demonstrates how to paint Henry, the barn owl in oil

RACHEL’S MATERIALS

Dog days • To remember an animal she was fond of, direct painter LISA PUHLHOFER painted him in oil, building up the painting almost like a patchwork...