The Artist Magazine April 2016 Edizione posteriore

Welcome to our April issue with inspirational insights into the ideas and working methods of top young professional artist Michele Del Campo, printmaker Roger St Barbe, and New English Art Club president Richard Pikesley. Charles Williams also talks about the ups and downs of being a professional artist in his new regular series starting in this issue. Practical articles that will help improve your techniques and challenge you to try new subject matter and media include Kelly Medford's painting from memory exercises, Glyn Macey's challenge to paint a city scene in acrylics in 60-minutes, Robert Dutton's feature on why you should consider working with ink, how to capture light effects in oils by Martin Kinnear and Judi Whitton's focus on mark-making techniques in watercolour. Plus, Kevin Scully takes us outdoors with soft pastels, Paul Talbot-Greaves sets this month's exercise to explore shapes and values in your compositions, and we put Winsor & Newton's new Pigment Markers, and Nitram's new charcoal products to the test. With more ideas on how to save money as an artist and Julie Collins' look at how to work with dark colours to best effect, there's something for everyone in this issue, no matter what your preferred subject, medium or level of experience!