New Artist - 2016__

Mixing the media you work in gives a variety of tools with which to create effects, textures, messages and to explore meaning, s ...

(^1) Working the composition I began by painting a rough sketch in watercolour to align composition and took reference photograp ...

St Ives Bay: a step-by-step guide Experiment a little and enjoy building up layers, creating texture and adding detail. Mixed me ...

Unleash your creativity with our collection of over 60 exclusive designs to colour. Featuring new illustrations from our favouri ...

“I’m fascinated by how to capture light and shade, especially skin tones” Jody Thomas creates powerful, photorealistic artworks ...

New Artist (NA): You're known for graffiti-style and large scale spray paint artworks. Tell us how your work has evolved. Jody T ...

at the work that inspires you and speaks to you. It‘s fine to copy others‘ work when you are learning, but then go out create yo ...

Spray paint: a step-by-step guide Briefed to paint an internal mural for a creative recruitment agency, Jody took inspiration fr ...

The basics Will Kemp is an award-winning professional artist and teacher. He studied in Italy, ran his own art gallery, taught i ...

50 Increasing numbers of cafés, bars and other spaces are holding art exhibitions, but is this viable for showcasing your creati ...

Art on display “though it’s more likely to act in this way for the artists than the public. For customers, the effects are negli ...

could just stare for hours.” There are, however, a couple of options that offer a happy middle ground: nomadic galleries such as ...

The basics P erspective is one of the most common issues new artists have with drawing and painting. Get it wrong and it can eas ...

(^1) Graphite pencils Pencils are graded by the hardness of the lead (H) and how black the mark is (B). Harder graphite (the har ...

the job well. Charcoal pencils can be sharpened like pencils, or with a knife (such as the X-Acto). Sharpen charcoal sticks with ...

Sketching simple still life objects is a great exercise for increasing pencils skills, says Julia Trickey. Grape Study Still lif ...

Grape Study: a step-by-step guide Using a range of pencils and graphite powder, take your time to build up shadow areas. It’s im ...

Sketch every day and your hand/eye co-ordination will develop naturally. But it’s the art of looking that is the key to drawing ...

objectivity is an impossibility in observational drawing. Being subjective is unavoidable, because you are using your eyes and h ...

ARTWORK: GREY WOLF Pastel pencils are the perfect medium for creating realistic portraits of animals, says artist Colin Bradley. ...