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Artists & Illustrators

May 2026 Unlock your artistic potential with our exclusive how-to guide, featuring a 48-page, step-by-step masterclass to enhance your painting skills. Explore techniques for creating vibrant movement with color and get inspired by the legacy of great artists.


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Artists & Illustrators issue May 2026

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Unlock your artistic potential with our exclusive how-to guide, featuring a 48-page, step-by-step masterclass to enhance your painting skills. Explore techniques for creating vibrant movement with color and get inspired by the legacy of great artists.
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Artists & Illustrators is the UK’s best-selling Art magazine.
Written for artists and art lovers, providing practical advice for how to paint and offering inspiration every issue.

Published for almost 25 years, each issue of Artists & Illustrators magazine contains a colourful palette of practical ideas, expert technical advice and useful art materials tests.

Whether you favour oils, acrylics or watercolours, portraits or landscapes, abstract art or botanical illustration, Artists & Illustrators magazine brings a refreshing blend of creativity and advice every four weeks throughout the year.

“With inspiring ideas, varied content and a clear, stylish design, Artists & Illustrators is the biggest and best art magazine on the market"" Steve Pill – Editor.

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Artists & Illustrators

Have enjoyed A&I for years. Only wish there was more variety in contributors, some artists appear regularly, their techniques and style being repeated. Reviewed 20 February 2025

Artists & Illustrators

I love the variety of articles and art projects to do. I especially love the articles included about printmaking. I always look forward to each new issue. Reviewed 28 January 2021

Artists & Illustrators UK’s top art mag

best-selling uk Art magazine, great content, highly recommend Reviewed 19 June 2020

Artists & Illustrators

i like the large full page illustrations of paintings. also articles on impasto oil painting Reviewed 11 February 2020

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