Artists & Illustrators

Artists & Illustrators is the UK’s best-selling magazine for artists and art lovers, providing advice and inspiration every month. Published for almost 25 years, each issue of Artists & Illustrators contains a colourful palette of profiles and features, together with valuable practical ideas, expert technical advice and useful product tests. Whether you favour oils or watercolours, portraits or landscapes, abstract art or botanical illustration, Artists & Illustrators brings a refreshing blend of creativity and advice every four weeks throughout the year.

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Artists & Illustrators

Sketchbook • TIPS • ADVICE • EXHIBITIONS • NEWS • REVIEWS

THE DIARY • Open calls, prizes and artist opportunities

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Exhibitions • THE BEST ART SHOWS TO VISIT FROM THIS MONTH ONWARDS

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We present… PODI LAWRENCE • This artist uses light and shadow to create paintings with depth

J Louis • This artist’s oil paintings invite a deeper conversation between subject and viewer, says Sara Mumtaz

HOW I MAKE IT WORK Jose Trujillo • This Arizona-based artist shares how he found success on eBay

Rabia Farooqui • This Pakistani artist paints the unspoken through anonymised faces. Ramsha Vistro takes a closer look

Ange Bell • Irish artist ANGE BELL is at the top of her game thanks to her steely determination, and the love and support of her family. Niki Browes finds out more

Journey to modernity • In the early 20th century, Brazil was grappling with its artistic identity, wanting to be modern but reluctant to let go of tradition. A new exhibition explores the influence of 10 artists who embraced it – and changed the game for Brazilian art.

Master collectors • Oskar Reinhart was a direct contemporary of Samuel Courtauld, founder of The Courtauld Institute of Art. So, it’s fitting that his exceptional collections will be shown here for the first time at the gallery, says Amanda Hodges

Showtime! • The annual British Art Prize is a yearly highlight. Here are snapshots from the private view

STEP-BY-STEP studio • EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO PAINT AND CREATE

Mastering colour in watercolour • This month, we kick off with a four-part series on watercolour painting by world-renowned watercolour master ALVARO CASTAGNET. To start, let him take you into a deep dive on colour

SWING into Spring! • Self-taught artist – and member of The British Art Club – ELLY HADJIPATERAS shows you how she captured this oil painting of a couple jiving

Splashing around • TREVOR OSBORNE shows you how he created this joyful scene using hard and soft pastels

Garlic crush • KONSTANTIN STERKHOV is an internationally recognised watercolour artist and instructor. Here he shows you how to paint these garlic bulbs in wet-on-wet watercolour

Rock the boat • SUSAN CLARE creates this fun painting of traditional Jamaican fishing boats using bright and blocky acrylic brushwork

You tell us

Picture this • Every month, we ask an artist to tell us about a painting that is special to them. This month, we speak to Belgian artist STEFAN NANDANCEE