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.
EDITOR’S LETTER
Printing the landscape • Printmaker and teacher Helen Brown answers your questions about her craft and explains how she captures the magic of the countryside
Ways of seeing • Martin Kinnear explores the differences between photography and observation, and the role both can play in your paintings
7 summer projects • Make the most of the long, light days and try these bitesize challenges to boost your painting skills
Picture perfect Pembrokeshire • Artists have long been drawn to this county’s coastal beauty, quality of light and Celtic mystery. We ask three painters what makes working there so special
3 ISSUES FOR £5 • From oils to watercolors and portraits to abstracts, Artists & Illustrators delivers a refreshing blend of creative inspiration and practical advice.
The outside world • Artist Andrew Roberts tells Natalie Milner about his love of paint and showing art with his heroes
A force of nature • Anna Mason reveals the secrets of her delicate and dramatic watercolours to Natalie Milner
French connections • Watercolour artist Grahame Booth blends his edges to paint a loose but vibrant Saint Tropez street scene
Painting light with colour • Inspired by the South of France’s beauty, artist Terence Clarke creates a bold, beautiful landscape using high-contrast colours
How to use granulating colours • Hazel Soan on working with the sedimentary quality of watercolour pigments