January 2022

Features:

• Susie Hodge talks to John D Martin, winner of The Artist Award in the Royal Society of British Artists’ annual exhibition
• Be inspired to paint en plein air by Geoff Hunt and the Wapping Group of Artists, as they celebrate their 75th year

• Sarah Edmonds explores the benefits of working with charities as part of your artistic practice

Practical painting and drawing:

• Mark Fennell demonstrates portraits using oil and palette knives
• Martin Taylor demonstrates how to preserve the light and white areas as he paints a snowy winter landscape in watercolour
• Find out how Richard Suckling changed his painting practice during the pandemic with a journey into flower painting
• Amanda Hyatt shows how pen-and-wash techniques can be used to make reference sketches in your sketchbook
• Julie Collins begins a new series in which she considers some common painting problems
• Jenny Aitken demonstrates a portrait of a dog that captures the animal’s character
• Follow Keith Tunnicliffe as he shows you how he created a linocut of swans in flight in a loose and colourful style
• Alan Bickley demonstrates how to create visually strong paintings by focusing on the tonal values
• Join Paul Riley as he explores brushes for watercolour
• Ian Sidaway advises on how to choose and use dip pens and techniques to try with them
• Sky Landscape Artist of the Year contestant Rosemary Firth show how to use collage to create landscape scenes from photographs

Plus:

• The Artist guide to open competitions and exhibitions in 2022 and beyond
• The Art World
• Your views
• Exhibitions
• Opportunities
• Book reviews
• This month's PaintersOnline Editor's Choice Award

All this and more in the January issue of The Artist, out on November 26.