The Artist April 2022

Features:

• Meg Dutton, winner of The Artist Awardat the 2021 Royal Society of British Artists' exhibitions, talks to Susie Hodge
• Sarah Edmonds discovers what fine artists can learn from graphic designers and their practice
• Portrait Artist of the Year finalist Sally Ward explains why a professional mindset is so important for the progression of your art career
• Mike Barr contemplates the advantages of adding birds to landscape paintings

Practical painting and drawing:

• Hone your portrait painting skills with tips and advice from Hazel Soan
• Enjoy painting en plein air this spring with tips from Haidee-Jo Summers
• Laura Reiter demonstrates how to create a semi-abstract composition from a photo of a landscape using mixed media
• Celebrate the end of winter by painting snowdrops and spring flowers in acrylics with Jenny Aitken
• Graham Webber demonstrates a painting with atmosphere and light
• Find out why colour, tone, pattern and negative shapes are key to successful watercolour paintings with Jake Winkle
• Explore painting coastal subjects in gouache with Robert Brindley in the first of a new three-part series
• Alan Bickley presents his guide to choosing and using the right brushes for your work
• Julie Collins advises how to choose the core colours to ensure success in your watercolour paintings
• Clare Lord explains how she uses the source material she creates on her drawing walks to make a studio painting
• Avoid watercolour frustration and disappointment with advice from Ian Sidaway
• Marco Feray describes his process for drawing portraits in charcoal

Plus:

• The Art World
• Your views
• Exhibitions
• Opportunities
• Book reviews
• This month's PaintersOnline Editor's Choice

All this and more in the April issue of The Artist, out on February 18.