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HOW TO... TURN KIDS INTO SUPERHEROES

James Paterson shows you how to add special effects to your portraits and master Photoshop blending skills

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How to Paint Positively

If you’re struggling for confidence as your painting develops, HASHIM AKIB has some simple strategies to try – and an exercise at the end to put it into practice

Bold PORTRAITS

Inspired by “reckless” Expressionist painters, TERENCE CLARKE shows how working quickly and pushing false colours can add impact to a portrait

James McNeill Whistler

By treating his portraits as “arrangements” and his landscapes as fields of colour, the American artist was ahead of his time, as STEVE PILL explains

Chris Gambrell

The Bristol illustrator has brought a fresh perspective to fashion illustration thanks to his sculpture-indebted techniques and his love of wax crayons, as STEVE PILL discovers

Perfect Papers

Choosing the right surface will improve your artworks in an instant

Lily LEWIS

The portrait artist takes on tarot cards and Hollywood glamour in her latest projects.

Painting with masking fluid Painting

SIÂN DUDLEY shows why we should stop treating masking fluid as a purely protective measure and start seeing it as a medium that offers the freedom to be more expressive

PLACING Figures

BRUCE YARDLEY reveals how the French Impressionist painters incorporated portraits and figures into their interior scenes and plein air landscapes

The Working Artist

Accustomed to altering reality in her sketches, could our columnist LAURA BOSWELL still make a satisfying print with only a photo for reference?

13 Top Tips For Painting Reflections

Whether you’re trying to depict shiny objects or watery mirror images, we’ve got a host of expert tips and lessons from the masters to help you out

40 SUMMER PHOTO PROJECTS

Don’t waste the last of the season’s sunshine, sunsets or celebrations… Jason Parnell-Brookes has got 40 ways for you to capture it all with your camera

CHECK OUT THESE AMAZING IMAGES SHOT ON IPHONES

Proof that you don’t need a camera to shoot award-winning photos

CAPTURE A DRAMATIC SUNSET

Mike Harris shows you how to photograph a coastal sunset with a moody twist on England’s rugged East Yorkshire coastline

SONY UNVEILS AFFORDABLE NEW OPTION FOR VLOGGERS

The ZV-E10 is a video-focused entry-level addtion to the A6000 range

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OWN A STUNNING PRINT AND HELP SAVE AFRICA'S WILDLIFE

World’s top wildlife photographers donate images for conservation fundraiser

GREAT LAKES & LANDSCAPES

We paired a keen landscape photographer with pro-Bilal Hussain to pick up some tips as they capture some stunning vistas in the UK’s glorious Lake District

PANASONIC LUMIX GH5 II

An upgrade to a film-making favourite

How To... Master The HDR Toning Command

Discover how to enhance tones, textures and detail with this powerful tool

NEW TAMRON SUPERZOOM IS I TS FIRST X-MOUNT LENS

Versatile 18-300mm f/3.5-6.3 optic is also available for Sony E-mount

CREATE A TIME-SLICE

Mike Harris shows you how to shoot and edit a ‘time-slice’ composite to convey the passage of time in a single image

THE LOST ISLAND

This futuristic environment took freelance concept artist Fabio Montorzi just a couple of days to complete. “My intention was to create that feel between real and cartoonish, because I intensely loved the anime from which I drew inspiration – Conan, The Boy In Future from Nippon Animation in 1978,” Montorzi tells 3D World. “I particularly enjoyed trying to achieve that result.”

THE PENGUIN ELECTION DAY

This impressive fan art of Batman’s nemesis The Penguin took freelance character artist Sebastian Ramos around three months to complete. Ramos comes from a family of artists: his mother is a painter, his father an illustrator and his brother a graphic designer. “They always support me throughout the creation of a project,” he says, “from the initial block to the final composition, spending moments with them discussing the project is what I enjoy the most.”

Our top five Oculus Quest games

James Burrows, technical director at Immersive Studios, takes a look at the best VR games to try at home

TRANSFORM A QUICK CONCEPT INTO AN AMAZING FINAL RENDER

Scott Denton breaks down his character creation process, from initial concept to stunning final render

UTILISE AI TOOLS WITH NVIDIA AND NOTCH

Discover how the easy-to-use Virtual Background and Body Tracker tools can enhance your visual effects workflow

TALES FROM THE DEEP

“The scene is a composite of hard-surface objects made in Maya, some scanned materials and textures with organic surfaces in ZBrush, tied together in Substance Designer with complementary texturing,” he continues.