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Masking And Lifting

Masking fluid is the Marmite of the watercolor world, but used correctly it can create unique effects. ROB DUDLEY sets an exercise to help you explore the possibilities.

James Bland

The New English Art Club member shares his thoughts on composing, colour and how to keep things interesting with STEVE PILL

Economy

In this new series, HASHIM AKIB sets out four different techniques for creating stylish, modern portraits. He begins by showing how to create a likeness with minimal strokes.

Building Blocks

Landscape artist TOM HUGHES heads to the Devon coast to show you how to build a painting one section at a time.

Blend And Connect

Knowing how and when to join together elements in a watercolour painting can be a very useful skill for creating a more painterly finish as GRAHAME BOOTH explains.

10 Minutes With Barbara Rae

Ahead of an exhibition in memory of her influential tutor John Busby, this Royal Academy painter and printmaker reflects on her adventurous career to date.

Tree Frog In Water Colour

Best known for her botanical art, ANNA MASON turns her attentions to this wildlife subject to show you a simple way to build a watercolour in clean layers of colour

The Working Artist

Fresh from a Japanese printmaking residency, our columnist LAURA BOSWELL reflects on her experiences

Richard Allen

This talented digital illustrator recently won his second V&A award in three years, while also building a prize-winning oil painting career. STEVE PILL learns how he does it

Lush Life

Despite living on opposite sides of the globe, wildlife artists GABRIELA EZCURRA and KATE MORGAN share a love of painting exotic creatures in verdant settings.

Learn From…The Summer's Best Shows

Don’t just admire great art from a distance this summer – read on to discover how you can pick up valuable lessons from eight of the UK’s blockbuster exhibitions

Carol Adlam

Step inside the compact Nottingham studio of this award-winning illustrator. Words and photos: ANNE-KATRIN PURKISS

Alexandria Smith

The Royal College of Art’s newly-appointed Head of Painting talks to us about her transatlantic journey from art student to educator. Interview: RACHAEL FUNNELL

5 Things I've Learned: Peter Kuhfeld

Wise words from this year’s Royal Society of Portrait Painters gold medal winner. Interview: RACHAEL FUNNELL

Phoebe Unwin

The curious painter of colourful semi-abstracts opens the doors to her bright North London workspace.

Life In Abstract

ELEANOR NAIRNE tells the story of a pivotal decade in the life of American abstract painter LEE KRASNER as she emerged from the shadow of her husband, Jackson Pollock

Fresh Paint

Inspiring new artworks, straight off the easel

Brush With Fame

The artistic answer to Great British Bake Off has had a celebrity makeover. RACHAEL FUNNELL joined a masterclass to find out more about the famous contestants’ passion for painting

Beth Robertson Fiddes

Immersing herself in the wild beauty of Scotland’s west coast has added drama to this award-winning painter’s element landscapes. She tells JENNY WHITE how she creates her large-scale works

9 Artistic Things To Do In July

With the academic year finished, the London Fine Art Studios is keeping its doors open for the summer with four weeks of courses (8 July to 2 August).

10 Minutes With. . . Posy Simmonds

As she readies a major career retrospective in London, the creator of Tamara Drewe and Gemma Bovery looks back on a life in comic strips.

Meet A New Hero

Christian Cameron, the Canadian fiction writer and historical re-enactor of ‘experimental archaeology’ tells Roger Williams what inspired him to write books set in the ancient world after a career as an intelligence officer in the US Navy

The Nakedness Of The Nude

Charles Darwent sees through the gauzy prudishness covering the genitalia in the nude paintings of the Renaissance to the naked truth concerning the unclothed human figure

Hearts Of Oak

Caroline Spearing traces the history of a tree rooted in English national identity, which saved the monarchy, and that the ancient Greeks held sacred to Zeus, the father of the gods, especially at his oracle in Dodona

At Home With Homer

An exhibition devoted to the most famous poet of antiquity is on show at the Louvre-Lens Museum – but what do we really know about him, and are we even sure that he composed the great epic poems for which he is famed? Barbara Graziosi sorts out fact from fiction

A Classical Touch?

Richard Stoneman evaluates Ancient Greek influence on Indian sculpture and cave paintings following the invasion of Alexander the Great

The Working Artist

Art offers us creative freedom – but where do we begin? LAURA BOSWELL is here to help

‘The Natural History Of The Skies Above'

JOHN CONSTABLE is one of the greatest painters of British weather. MARK EVANS reveals what you can learn from his sketches and diaries

The Past And The Future

The Pre-Raphaelite’s work is the subject of a blockbuster Tate exhibition. ROS ORMISTON explores why EDWARD BURNE-JONES ’ vision still matters

Rosa Sepple

The president of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours and 2019 Artists of the Year judge shows us around