The Artist

Features:

• Gareth Brown, winner of The Artist Award in the 2020 Royal Society of Marine Artists' annual exhibition, talks to Susie Hodge
• Peter Brown shares his experiences of painting through the Covid-19 pandemic
• Sarah Edmonds reports on how artists can survive a crisis such as the Covid-19 pandemic
• Mike Barr shares the importance of lost and found edges for keeping your viewers' interest

Practical painting and drawing:

• Robert Mee demonstrates a colourful harbour scene in watercolour
• What is realism? Carl Knibb explains how he paints realistically but without to much detail
• Steve Hall suggests exercises to take you out of your comfort zone as you tackle new subjects
• Learn a new technique with Lisa Timmerman as you paint koi carp using oil and cold wax
• Paint an oil study of the head with Adele Wagstaff as she concludes her current series
• Keith Tunnicliffe begins a new three-part series on creating linocuts and shows how to make your own Christmas cards
• Alan Bickley takes a closer look at Winsor & Newton's new Professional Watercolour and Oil synthetic brush ranges
• Discover alternative ways to finish your frames with Peter Burgess
• Lizet Dingemans shows how to paint skin using just three oil colours
• Be inspired by the work of talented prizewinners in this year's TALP Open art competition
• See winners of our exciting 90th anniversary front cover competition

Plus:

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

All this and more in the December issue of The Artist, out on October 29..