As the evenings get lighter...
…and we’re all adjusting to the new year, it’s the perfect time to get your art materials out and get creating. To spur you on, there’s plenty of inspiration and encouragement in your latest issue of Artists & Illustrators.
Aine Divine shows you how she overpainted an old floral still life she was never quite happy with and achieved new and vibrant results. Have you got a painting gathering dust in the back of a cupboard? If so, try these tricks for satisfying results.
How about re-imagining a scene from an old painting but in the style of the scene as it is today? That was what Matthew Jeanes was asked to do and the results were a beautiful tribute to the original artist as well as a fascinating, creative experiment looking into the then and now.
Elsewhere in the issue, we’ve got wildlife artist Sophie
Green who donates 10% of her profits to wildlife and conservation charities, a retrospective on the new Donatello exhibition at the V&A, a feature on the best fiction books to buy based within the art world and the chance for four lucky winners to win a £250 voucher each at an exclusive art course set in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. All of this and more - get stuck in!
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