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Richard Foster

THE NEW PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF PORTRAIT PAINTERS EXPLAINS HIS APPROACH TO THE GENRE, AS WELL AS HOW HE HOPES TO REINVIGORATE THE ORGANISATION HE LEADS. 

How To Draw

Jake Spicer guides you through creating a portrait in profile.

Modigliani

EMMA LEWIS EXPLORES THE CONTROVERSIAL CAREER OF THE ARTIST WHO TRANSFORMED FIGURATIVE PAINTING

The Working Artist

Planning a Group Show With Fellow Artists Can Be Daunting. Laura Boswell Steers You Through Potential Pitfalls, So Your Work Can Shine – and Sell

Wyndham Lewis

Richard Slocombe Explores the Eventful Life of This Controversial War Artist

The Face Of Success

SALLY HALES talks to actor UNA STUBBS about her passion for painting watercolours and her achievements in the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition.

Wildlife In Pastel

Artist EMMA COLBERT answers your queries on how to paint beautiful animals

Fresh Paint

Inspiring new artworks, straight off the easel

Painting Water

UK artist Joe Dowden answers your queries about capturing water in the tricky medium of Watercolour.

Drypoint Printing

This classic technique favoured by Whistler offers a means of creating beautiful, soft prints says Adèle Wagstaff 

Sargent's Watercolour Wonders

With the first UK show of his work in the medium in more than 100 years opening in June, Sally Hales talks to Richard Ormond , the artist’s grand-nephew and the exhibition’s co-curator, about what the paintings meant to the man and his craft

The Working Artist

Competitions Can Provide Artists With Great Exposure but Laura Boswell Thinks That Entering Has Benefits Beyond Being Named the Winner

Howard Hodgkin: A life In Colour

As two major shows celebrate the great British painter’s work, Rosalind Ormiston looks at the life and inspiration behind his near-abstract art

10 Minutes With Sarah Mcintyre

We Chat to the Children’s Illustrator to Find Out How She Creates Books and Her Mission to Inspire People of All Ages to Get Creative With Words and Images.

The Changing Light

Tony Allain claimed the Artists & Illustrators prize at this year’s Pastel Society Annual Exhibition. Natalie Milner talks to him about his mission to capture the moment

Hyperreal Painting

ARTIST CHRISTIAN MARSH REVEALS HOW HE CREATES ARTWORKS THAT LOOK REAL YET KEEP A SENSE OF STORY

How To Paint City Life

Seasoned London plein-air painter ADEBANJI ALADE explains how he navigates the urban environment to capture exciting street scenes

Paint Realistic Fur

Artist LAURA QUINN HARRIS specialises in oil portraits of people and animals. Here she explains how to master painting dog coats

The Working Artist

Working to Commission – Whether for a Friend or a Client – Can Be Rewarding if You’re Clear About the Ground Rules From the Start, Says Our Columnist Laura Boswell.

Toby Ray

The Surf Artist Has Turned an Ice-cream Hut on the North Cornish Coast Into a Cliff-top Studio and Gallery.

Turner In Twickenham

Turner As the famous painter’s RURAL home, Sandycombe Lodge, reopens to the public after renovation, Amanda Hodges looks how the area inspired his techniques

Paint A Summer Garden

Tutor Peter Keegan guides you through capturing the impressionistic beauty of outdoor spaces in acrylic

David Hockney: Radical Traditionalist

Ahead of a Landmark Retrospective of His Work at Tate Britain, Art Critic Martin Gayford Looks at David Hockney’s Extraordinary Influence on Contemporary Painting.

See Yourself In A Different Light

With Their Narrative Potential, Self-Portraits Can Allow You To Explore Personal Desires In Paint While Improving Your Practice, Says Artist Roxana Halls.

Freedom Of Colour

Jovan Nicholson Explores the Powerful Use of Colour in the Paintings of His Late Grandmother, the Great Winifred Nicholson.

10 Minutes With ... Anthony Green

The Royal Academician Speaks to Katie Mccabe About Painting His Life Story, and Explains Why He’s Never Afraid to Be a Lit Tle Sentimental.

Howard Phipps

Dorset-based Arborealist Howard Phipps has specialised in wood engraving since the 1970's.

Painting Water

Artist Joe Dowden Answers Your Queries About Capturing Water in the Tricky Medium of Watercolour.

Hand Lettering

With the launch of its new Hand Lettering Pad, paper-maker HAHNEMÜHLE explores the world of lettering with artist Mia Warner.

Temperature Painting

IN THE SECOND PART OF HER SERIES, ATELIER TUTOR JULIETTE ARISTIDES EXPLAINS HOW USING TWO COLOURS CAN HELP YOU MASTER WARM AND COOL IN YOUR PAINTINGS.