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Intuitive responses
Susie Hodge talks to Claire Harkess, winner of the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation’s 2017 Wildlife Artist of the Year and The Artist Award, about her passions for watercolour and wildlife
The motif - a painter’s thoughts
Andrew Marr shares his thoughts on abstraction and the picture-making process as he analyses how ‘the subject’ is represented in paint
How to make money from your art
If people appreciate your work enough to want to hang it on their wall, they are likely to be prepared to pay you for it. John Roland suggests ways in which you can turn your art into an income
UK ART SHOPS
Support your specialist art retailer by purchasing your materials from the shops listed here
Christmas Gift Ideas…
Choose the ideal gift for yourself or an artistic loved one this Christmas with our selection of ideas
ART BOOKS
There are many chapters to the life of Roger Hilton.
EXHIBITIONS
GALLERY OPENING TIMES AND EXHIBITION DATES CAN VARY; IF IN DOUBT, PHONE TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT
Develop your botanical skills
Follow Jarnie Godwin as she paints an artichoke in watercolour. You’ll achieve a high level of tonal variation, complex, natural colours, deep shadows, and lots of detail using just three primary colours
Cézanne Portraits
Susie Hodge reviews this important exhibition of Cézanne’s portraits at the National Portrait Gallery in London
Do it anyway!
Adebanji Alade’s final tip is simple: make sure you are making art in some way or another – keep it going, keep it showing and keep it glowing – just do it!
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The lure of the garden
David Curtis describes how he raced against the light and the heat as made an alla-prima contre-jour oil painting of a picturesque corner of his garden
London’s trees in winter
A project to paint and draw trees across London is quite an undertaking. Ian Sidaway describes how he achieved this – from making made both pen and watercolour sketches on site to selecting subjects to work up into finished paintings
Exploring the visible
As he concludes his three-part series, Peter Burgess describes the processes he uses to create a finished painting, having made choices about the composition and materials
THE A-Z OF COLOUR
Concluding her two-year long monthly series on colour, Julie Collins looks at some watercolours that weren’t included in any of her previous colour articles – Daniel Smith’s luminescent range
Structure in painting
Understanding the subject is the first challenge of any painting, says Graham Webber, who continues his series by showing you how to understand and paint structure in the landscape, using boats as his example
Creepy-crawly drawing
Judi Whitton describes how to use her creepy-crawling drawing method to produce a unique and interesting depiction of your subject, without using a viewfinder
The torso
In her new series Adele Wagstaff helps you to understand the proportions and forms of the figure by looking at what the artist needs to know about anatomy
Playing with light
Light is a critical element of a still-life painting. Penny German shares her tips on setting up and lighting a still-life composition
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