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THE ART WORLD

NEWS, VIEWS, INFORMATION AND SPECIAL EVENTS IN THE ART WORLD

OPEN Studios

See artists at work from May 25 to 27, as over 200

Artists at work in KENT

This open-air painting event in Kent in May provides

Portraits

Over 200 recent portraits will go on show at the Mall

A way with words

Celebrating the work of the UK-based Calligraphy and

VAN GOGH AND BRITAIN

THE EY EXHIBITION: VAN GOGH AND BRITAIN

TALP 2019 OPEN CALL FOR ENTRIES

ORGANISED BY The artist & Leisure Painter in partnership

Patchings ART, CRAFT, DESIGN FESTIVAL 2019 JULY 11-14

Don’t miss this opportunity to see over 250 artists, craft makers and designers, demonstrating their skills and techniques in one of the UK’s finest creative events, set in 60 acres of picturesque Nottinghamshire countryside

Painters Online editor’s choice

Meet this month’s editor’s choice winner from our PaintersOnline gallery, who receives a £50 Jackson’s Art Supplies gift voucher

Animal passions

Alan M Hunt, winner of The Artist Award in the 2018 David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation Artist of the Year Competition, talks to Susie Hodge

A cartoon a day

Watercolourist Shirley Trevena reveals how drawing cartoons has always been part of her life, and how drawing cartoons of everyday events helped her to loosen up her watercolour paintings

Spanish Master of Light

Susie Hodge reviews the National Gallery’s new exhibition of Sorolla’s work, the first to be held in London for over a century

Professional databases and contacts

Mark David Hatwood stresses the importance of good record keeping, saying that by keeping your administrative tasks up to date you’ll clear your head for more creative pastimes

The way of the brush

In the first of her new three-part series, Hazel Soan explains that dexterity with the brush can be learnt, but that it takes discipline and concentration

Mediums and solvents

Graham Webber continues his series by advising on how to use mediums and solvents to enhance both your painting experience and the end result

Paint the illusion of depth

Jenny Aitken demonstrates how to create depth and distance in a coastal scene using colour and brushstrokes

DEMONSTRATION Bedruthan, Cornwall

• Colours: cadmium orange and red, lemon yellow, Prussian

En plein air in France

The light, the scenery and the people of France make it ‘the true friend of the painter, ’ says Peter Graham. He reveals his working methods and shares some plein-air oil paintings from the French Riviera

the artist CONTRIBUTOR VIDEOS

Check out these video clips to complement this month’s

Figures in watercolour

Amanda Hyatt shows you how to add impressionistic figures to your watercolour paintings to add life and movement

MAY

Geoff paints three watercolours of London scenes and likes the idea of ‘bringing painted fresh air back in the house with me’

Printmaking without a press

David Parfitt explains how to make simple prints without a printing press, a process that has become something of a passion for him

Out and about with watercolour

Paul Gadenne believes that painting watercolours en plein air is one of painting’s most pleasurable experiences. He advises on the equipment you’ll need and how to approach your painting

Animals in motion

Ruth Buchanan explains animal locomotion and demonstrates how to capture movement in your animal paintings

Try these spray paint techniques

Waltraud Nawratil demonstrates how to use acrylic spray paints to add colour and vitality to your mixed-media paintings

Capture the light and shade of a bluebell wood

Paul Talbot-Greaves demonstrates the wet-against-wet watercolour technique to paint a bluebell wood in just three easy steps

Caran d’Ache Graphite Line box sets

Susie Hodge tests these three new box sets and finds them perfect for use on location or in the studio

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