Artists & Illustrators – September 2019

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6 Letters
Share your art, ideas and stories
8 Exhibitions
The best art shows in September
11 Sketchbook
Quick tips to get you started
16 Fresh Paint
Three stunning new artworks
32 In the Studio
A California workspace redefining
the meaning of "light and airy"
39 Prize Draw
Win a five-star painting workshop
40 10 Minutes With...
Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year
winner, Duncan Shoosmith
49 The Working Artist
Our columnist Laura Boswell
shares a new way of working
82 Art in Focus
William Blake's The Ghost of a Flea

54 Portrait Exercises

Balancing vibrant colours is Hashim

Akib's challenge for you this month

58 Alla Prima

Learn this direct painting

technique for painterly results

64 Outdoor Painting

Tom Hughes concludes his series

by tackling a river view on high

68 Composition

Jake Spicer shows how abstract art

offers lessons in picture planning

72 Your Questions

Your brush-related queries are

answered by Rosemary & Co.

76 Demonstration

Create a painting within a painting

in this clever watercolour workshop

Contents

Who painted

David Hockney

in action?

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Keeping the colours

on your palette

clean is essential...

especially when

painting directly

DAVID SHEVLINO

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22 Art Courses

Gear up for the new term with the

help of our art school tutors

34 Talking Techniques

Portrait painter David Cobley

reveals his approach to sittings

42 Scottish Colourists

Discover the 20th-century group

with a bold way with a palette

46 Painting on Board

Can a luxury cruise help Sarah

Murray cure her artist's block?

practical

50 Masterclass

Discover how to create a painterly

finish on a nocturnal Venice scene

Find the

right brush

for your next

masterpiece

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