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Patrick Hughes
The British Painter Invites Rosalind Ormiston Into a World of Distortion With His Three-dimensional Reverse Perspective Artworks.
Traditional V Contemporary
HASHIM AKIB explores two approaches to the medium
Katherine Jones
The printmaker shows us around her London workspace and reveals her fascinating practice.
The Right Support
With the winners announced, we find out why MARK CASS, of headline sponsor CASS ART, loves ARTISTS OF THE YEAR and why you should enter next year.
The Working Artist
Whatever your creative goals, making a business plan can help you reach them. LAURA BOSWELL explains how
Gary Wragg
Following a recent retrospective charting his career, we ask what drives this abstract painter.
Recessional Space
Artist TERENCE CLARKE explores how you can create distance and space in a painting using colour, tone and drawing.
About The House
Winner of the Artists & Illustrators award at this year’s Pastel Society exhibition, FELICITY HOUSE, chats to NATALIE MILNER about her glorious garden scenes
Fresh Paint
Inspiring new artworks, straight off the easel
The Eyes Have It
SHANI RHYS JAMES MBE is one of the UK’s most respected living painters. On the eve of her latest London exhibition, JENNY WHITE visited her studio
Gillian Ayres
Broadcaster and Art Lover Andrew Marr Thinks She Is ‘britain’s Finest Abstract Painter’. Now With a New Retrospective and Book Focusing on Her Work, Sally Hales Asks Him Why We Should All Be Taking Notice
The Working Artist
Selling Your Work in Greeting Card Format Is a Great Way to Introduce People to Your Art, as Well as Generate Extra Income
Sounds of the City
With this year’s Prize for Illustration exhibition about to open, Sally Hales chats to Wendy Neville and Mike Walton about the work on show and garners their advice on achieving competition success
Animals in Motion
Former Army Officer Freddy Paske Developed His Style on the Frontline. Now Known for His Sport and Wildlife Scenes, He Reveals How to Capture That Spark of Life
freedom of colour
jovan nicholson explores the powerful use of colour in the paintings of his late grandmother, the great winifred nicholson.
Natalia Goncharova The Cyclist, 1913
As Tate hosts the first major UK retrospective of the avant-garde Russian artist, RACHAEL FUNNELL takes a closer look at one of her most celebrated paintings.
The Curious Incident Of The Artist In His Spare Time
Celebrated for his award-winning novels and illustrations, MARK HADDON has always painted for pleasure. Now a new series of abstract paintings heralds his emergence as a gallery artist as SALLY HALES discovers
5 Things I've Learned: John Duffin
Words of wisdom from the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers member.
Guiding Light
As the 350th anniversary of Rembrandt approaches, his biographer ROSALIND ORMISTON celebrates the life and work of an artist we can all continue to learn from
In Her Nature
With access to her diaries, biographer WILLIAM PACKER offers fresh insight into the charming rural paintings of the late, great MARY NEWCOMB
Twilight Scenes
Colour and light changes quickly as night falls, posing challenges for landscape painters. NICK CUDWORTH shares a wealth of experience capturing these fleeting moments on canvas.
Sketching With Confidence
Wildlife artist TIM POND shares three great challenges designed to improve your hand-eye coordination and help you draw with conviction
Impasto Painting
Scottish artist JUDITH BRIDGLAND knows how to lay it on thick! Here she reveals how she uses substantial impasto marks to create her bright, expressive paintings
Coming Home
WAYNE ATTWOOD spent seven years living on a yacht painting in the Mediterranean and Caribbean, yet it took a return to Birmingham to truly find his artistic calling he tells STEVE PILL
The Working Artist
Artist residencies aren’t just for professionals, says our columnist LAURA BOSWELL. We should all take a little time to focus on our art.
Assemblages
RAY BALKWILL lives and paints on the banks of the Exe Estuary. He found inspiration for his latest project quite literally under his feet
Fresh Paint
Inspiring new artworks, straight off the easel
Fresh Paint
Inspiring new artworks, straight off the easel
Mary Jane Ansell
The figurative artist tells NATALIE MILNER why she loves to create haunting pictorial narratives in her paintings.
2. Black
AL GURY gets to grips with the paint colour’s history and explains how you can put it to good use