The Artist Magazine February 2014 Vorige editie

Welcome to a bumper edition which includes our free 24-page 2014 Art Courses and Holidays supplement. There's no better way to kick-start your creativity than by taking part in a carefully selected course with like-minded artists, or indeed than by allowing our fantastic artist-contributors to inspire and guide you in this issue! Whether you wish to learn more about painting shadows in watercolour, landscape acrylic painting techniques, how to approach a larger-than-life portrait in oils, make great use of coloured grounds for effective winter scenes, or how to decide what to leave in and out of foregrounds for better compositions, artists Paul Weaver, Carole Baker, Tim Benson, Paul Talbot-Greaves and Winston Oh offer invaluable advice. We also have in-depth interviews with Tanya Lock about her wildlife paintings and charcoal master Roy Wright about his detailed drawings of trees, a test report on the new Strathmore 500 series watercolour paper and competition, tips on working in series, how to measure accurately, how to make a simple collograph, and advice on creating more interest in your work by abstracting from the subject matter. Plus we provide some answers to the all-important question about how to price your work. And don't forget to submit your work to our free competition to find the winning image to be published on our 1,000th front cover, to get your work seen by a huge worldwide audience!