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.

“True art is very powerful: the greatest paintings have souls.”

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Artists & Illustrators

Sketchbook • TIPS • ADVICE • EXHIBITIONS • NEWS • REVIEWS

THE DIARY • Open calls, prizes and artist opportunities

Exhibitions • THE BEST ART SHOWS TO VISIT FROM THIS MONTH ONWARDS

WIN In-person expert art classes with Ann Witheridge • Two winners will get the chance to have a private tutorial worth a total of £1,000 at LONDON FINE ART STUDIOS

We present… CAT CROXFORD • This artist transforms ancient UK woodlands into story-filled treescapes

David Riches • This Suffolk-based artist paints landscapes rooted in childhood memories and keen observation, says Ramsha Vistro

Luke Williams • Former cheesemaker turned painter, this artist captures Cape Town’s light and shadows

Kathy Barker • Portrait artist, KATHY BARKER, tells Sarah Edghill how she captures the essence of her subjects

Women artists in their own words • This exclusive book extract features rich and inspiring quotes – each accompanied by a superb artwork – from leading female artists of the last 150 years, each revealing the very essence of what it is to create. Here are our top picks

Caroline Pool • An artist who champions the elderly, CAROLINE POOL tell Niki Browes how she got to celebrate their wealth of life experience through paint

Anna Ancher Painting light • ANNA ANCHER was a pivotal figure within the Scandinavian ‘Modern Breakthrough’ movement, and here you can learn about one of Denmark’s most successful female painters, says Amanda Hodges

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VOTE FOR THE PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD • Judging for this year’s British Art Prize has now closed, and we have our shortlist of 50. The winners will be revealed in the next issue of Artists & Illustrators but, for now, we’d like to get you voting for The People’s Choice Award!

STEP-BY-STEP studio • British Art Club member ANN FLYNN is an oil artist who specialises in atmospheric street and seascapes, and still life paintings in oil. Here, she shares what she has learnt along the way

Reading between the lines • HASHIM AKIB introduces the beauty of working with flat colours in the final instalment of his brilliant acrylic series

Winter wonders • LOIS and MORGAINE DAVIDSON show you how they painted these enchanting winter hellebores with ferns and ivy in watercolour

Painting the clothed fig ure • London Fine Art Studios founder ANN WITHERIDGE explains the art of drawing a clothed figure in oil

Winter snow • In an exclusive extract from his new book, Plein Air Painting with Watercolours, GRAHAME BOOTH shows you how he created this cool snowy scene while telling you what to expect when painting in icy temperatures

Making the cut • Using cleverly constructed cutouts from out-of-date magazines, PATRICK BREMER created this colourful portrait. Give it a go and give new life to old paper

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Picture this • In every issue, we ask an artist to tell us about a painting that hold felling for them. This month, we speak to oil artist...