Expanding Our Reach

From day one, this magazine has embraced all forms of creative expression. And even today we divide the magazine by mediums. We’ve done drawings, oil paintings, pastel, acrylic, whatever artists are choosing to work in these days we follow through with useful and applicable information on that subject. One medium that has always fascinated us, though, is colored pencils.

And now you will be able to find it in every issue of the magazine. We’ve been working with the nearly 2,000 members of the Colored Pencil Society of America, and in this issue we have an article highlighting the winners of their 26th annual International Exhibition. We are also including a demonstration article by Jesse Lane. Lane is a past Grand Prize winner in the International Artist challenges and he’s a current member of the CPSA. You can see this stage-by-stage demonstration on page 84 of this issue.

On page 78, you can see the winners of the CPSA’S annual exhibition and the quality of work their members are producing. You will be able to see what drew us to this group in the first place! The quality of art being created by their members is inspiring and something we wanted to share with our readers in every issue of the magazine! This year, the annual exhibition drew nearly 600 entries from all around the world and more than $17,000 in cash prizes were awarded at the awards banquet on August 3.

We are continually in search of the best art being created today from the various art societies and artist groups around the country. If you think your group or organization is a good fit for the magazine, please email me at editor@internationalartist.com.

Sincerely, Joshua Rose Editor

P.S. We are also working very closely with a number of companies offering the best artist materials on the market today. Please study the advertising in this issue and give those products a try! We know you won’t be disappointed! International Artist Magazine @internationalartistmagazine