Artists & Illustrators - UK (2020-03)

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SwedishartistEvaBonnier’s 1887 masterpieceReflectioninBluetakes

prideofplaceintheNationalmuseumSweden’scollection.Oneofthe

moststrikingfeaturesis thattheexpectedtonalpatternsarereversed.

Whereasportraitscommonlyhavelighterfacesanddarkersurrounds,

herethetwoheadsareheavilyinshadow,whereasthewhite

bedsheets,bookandcurtainsfill muchoftherestoftheframe.

Findingunexpectedwaystoflip tonalpatternsinyourownworkcan

leadtomoreinterestingresults.

A brush is not a

pencil – you mustn’t

always paint with

the tip. Use the side

of the bristles

where possible to

vary strokes and

help the brushes

last much longer.

NATIONALMUSEUM SWEDEN

JOVANA LIPOVAC/UNSPLASH

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BOOK OF

THE MONTH

The Addictive Sketcher

by Adebanki Alade

Viewers of BBC’s The One

Show will know that the

vice president of the Royal

Institute of Oil Painters has

an irrepressible approach

to creating art and it certainly rubs off here.

While there are adequate sections on composition,

colour and value, The Addictive Sketcher has clearly been

written for artists in need of a confi dence boost. Alade’s

creative momentum will get you in good habits, outlining

the need to avoid negativity, get feedback and don’t take

yourself too seriously.

Search Press, £14.99. http://www.searchpress.com