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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in The Artist FREE Sample Issue.
WELCOME from the editor
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Welcome to our May issue, in which I’m excite...
YOUR VIEWS
STAR LETTER
Misty Walk, created using Autodesk Sketchbook app on iPad
Digital art – yes please!
I have to disagree with the letter from David Reeves in the March 2020 issue of T...
THE ART WORLD
ROYAL SOCIETY OF PORTRAIT PAINTERS
Frances Bell Katie, oil, 30x25 1/4in (76x64cm)
The Royal Society of Portrait Painters’ annual exhibition at the Mall Galleries, London, celebrates the...
EXHIBITIONS
LONDON
Bankside Gallery
48 Hopton Street SE1. ☎ 020 7928 7521
www.banksidegallery.com
2020 Visions; new work by members of the Royal Watercolour Society, March 27 to April 25.
Bri...
OPPORTUNITIES & COMPETITIONS
Sending-in days
Bath Open Art Prize 2020
Details: Artists working in all media are invited to enter the Bath Open Art Prize, now in its 9th year. An exhibition of selected work will go on s...
ART BOOKS
A Beginner’s Guide to Watercolour with Mixed Media
Alison C Board
Mixed media is a term that can mean almost anything. To some, it’s a couple of spots of gouache to highlight a flower, o...