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Try a new palette

LIZET DINGEMANS SUGGESTS NEW COLOUR COMBINATIONS TO HELP YOU DEVELOP YOUR PRACTICE

The working Artist

Making great art requires honesty. Luckily, there are simple ways to make our inner voices more constructive, says columnist LAURA BOSWELL

Looking Up

AINE DIVINE CHALLENGES YOU TO LOOK AGAIN WITH AN UPWARD-FACING PORTRAIT

FIND DIVINE SUBJECTS

DAMPEN SOME PAPER, DROP IN COLOUR AND DISCOVER WHAT IT REVEALS, SAYS ROB DUDLEY

Exhibitions

JANUARY'S BEST ART SHOWS

Draw in layers

JAKE SPICER CHALLENGES YOU TO APPLY COLOUR IN LAYERS, USING A METHOD INSPIRED BY PRINTER INKS

10 MINUTES WITH - Jo BROWN

The Devon-based illustrator on keeping a nature journal, going viral and drawing octopuses.

How To Make Damar - Varnish

Lizet Dingemans explains the benefits of this traditional oil painter’s medium, before showing you quick ways to make and adapt it to suit your different needs

Portrait Painting - 3. Looking Down

In this series from Aine Divine, the watercolourist has been focusing on painting the head from unusual angles. She continues with a look at a foreshortened face

TECHNIQUE - CHARCOAL TEXTURES

Drawing media can have as much versatility as paint. LANCELOT RICHARDSON shows how he created two detailed charcoal works by combining a variety of marks

PUDDLES of colour

Painting water doesn’t just mean glamorous seascapes. ROB DUDLEY shows how autumnal showers can bring an unlikely scene to life

Spitting Image

Applauded for bringing portraiture back into fashion, JONATHAN YEO talks to REBECCA BRADBURY about overcoming adversity, making mistakes and painting VIPs

Teatime STILL LIFE

ANGELA BANDURKA brings out the fine china to demonstrate how an analogous palette can be used to create a sense of harmony

IN THE STUDIO - Peter Brown

The New English Art Club president is usually found roaming busy streets in search of inspiration, so how did he adapt to the current restrictions, asks STEVE PILL

Fresh Paint

Inspiring new artworks, straight off the easel

REMBRANDT'S Self -Portraits

In this exclusive excerpt from her new book, Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, BETTY EDWARDS looks at how Rembrandt’s drawings became windows on the soul

CAST DRAWING

Drawing from plaster casts is an important step between copying 2D artworks and working from life. AL GURY explores the history of the practice and offers tips to try

LOOKING AT PICTURES

Thinking about how and why people interpret paintings in the way that they do can help you to become a more impactful artist, as TERENCE CLARKE explains

The Working Artist

Our columnist Laura Boswell is in a mindful mood this month, as she makes a plea for all artists to stop rushing and slow down

Brush And Palette Care

Looking after your tools not only saves money, it also improves your art. Here is everything you need to know to get great results for longer...

Watercolour Skies

FABIO CEMBRANELLI shows you how to capture those big skies we fall in love with on our holidays, by lifting out colour and keeping the little details varied

JMW TURNER

As the Romantic artist’s embrace of the modern world is celebrated in a new Tate exhibition, FLORENCE SHEWARD reveals six techniques we can learn from his paintings

Simple Things

In the final instalment of his six-part series, JAKE SPICER explores the work of Euan Uglow and how he used careful measurements to create characterful still life

SIDE PROFILE

AINE DIVINE’S new set of workshops looks at the head from different angles, continuing with a sideways look at portrait painting that utilises shape and colour

In or Out?

Unsure which subjects and details to include when you are painting from life? You need to decide what your painting is really going to be about, says ROB DUDLEY

Chasing Skies

Having forsaken big city life long before it was fashionable, OLIVER AKERS DOUGLAS has spent 2020 in search of remote landscapes, as KATIE MCCABE discovers

Ann Shrager

The New English Art Club member tells REBECCA BRADBURY how she recreates the life and colour of far-flung destinations from the comfort of her nest-like studio

Once Upon A Time

BBC presenter and painter Lachlan Goudie tells Steve Pill why he is retelling the story of Scottish art and how his daughter’s princess obsession inspired his new work

10 Minutes With Charlie Mackesy

Creator of The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse on his heart-warming characters, and drawing for the NHS.

WHITE FLOWERS IN watercolour

PETULA STONE shows how the luminous quality of magnolias can be captured with the help of masking fluid and dark backgrounds