The Artist Magazine May 2025 Back Issue

This issue is packed with inspiring features to broaden your knowledge and horizons this month. If you are keen to try something new, take a look at Keith Tunniciffe’s striking linocut of The Hepworth Wakefield, which he demonstrates in stages; while Greta Vilidaite shows you how to simplify your oil painting by breaking the subject down into manageable pieces.

Caroline Saunders’ interview with Nicholas Poullis will inspire you with his masterly use of watercolour to capture light and atmosphere, and there’s an emphasis on getting outdoors with your pencils and paints, with both Grahame Booth and Paul Weaver gathering reference material for use later in the comfort of your home or studio. Or why not join a plein-air group or life-drawing class?

Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year finalist, Sally Ward describes why life drawing remains an essential part of her practice as a portrait artist, and Tushar Sabale introduces us to the London Plein Air Painters – a group he co-founded with artist, Carol Owen. Enjoy your painting this month wherever it takes you.