The Artist - UK (2021-02)

4 artistFebruary 2021 http://www.painters-online.co.uk

CONTENTS

FEATURES

16 Expressed with collage

Susie Hodge talks to Kate Newington, winner

of The Artist Award in last year’s Society of

Women Artists’ exhibition

60 How to use social media to

make a name for yourself

We begin a new series of articles by Marine

Costello, who shares her knowledge on how

to build a successful career as an artist in our

digital world

PRACTICALS

20 An introduction to gouache

In the first of three articles, Robert Brindley

discusses the unique qualities of gouache and

the basic techniques you’ll need to paint a

winter landscape

24 Alla-prima portraits

Rob Wareing argues that an oil portrait

produced over more than one session can still

be described as alla prima if the paint remains

‘still wet and workable’ throughout

PLUS THIS MONTH

6 Your views 9 The Art World

63 Opportunities 65 Books

66 Exhibitions

42 Materials for oil painting

Alan Bickley begins a new four-part series

aimed at artists who wish to develop their oil

painting knowledge and skills. This month

he discusses some of the popular choices of

materials

46 Surfaces for creativity

Robert Dutton reveals his favourite painting

surfaces and his methods for creating texture

for unique, expressive paintings

50 Winsor & Newton’s Winton

oils

Steve Strode tries a range of new colours from

a well-established, value-for-money Student

range of oils

53 How to paint hair

Ann Witheridge continues her series by

showing you how the way you paint hair can

help to enhance the characterisation of your

sitter

56 The order of painting

In his last article of the series, Nicholas Poullis

explores the order of painting a watercolour

with a demonstration of a light-filled scene

28 Pet portraits in

monochrome

Graphite artist Kate Priestman

demonstrates how to render the eye in a

pet portrait and advises on the business

side of working to commission

31 Capture a winter sunset in

watercolour

Paul Talbot-Greaves demonstrates how to

paint the subdued light of a winter sunset

in watercolour, with advice on how to keep

your colours clean

34 Paint a snowy landscape

Snow scenes aren’t just for Christmas, says

Marie Antoniou, as she encourages you to

let your imagination run riot and paint an

exciting winter scene with trees and snow

38 Elements of the

landscape

Barry Herniman begins a new four-

part series in which he paints a different

element of the landscape each month,

starting with a moody sky in watercolour

and pastel

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Our digital readers can enjoy an additional extract from Robert Wareing’s

new book Painting Portraits in Oils. For digital single copies and subscriptions

go to https://bit.ly/2yW77Fe