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6 Letters
Write to us and share your art
8 Exhibitions
Top art shows to see in March
11 Sketchbook
Tips, ideas and things to try
16 Fresh Paint
New works, hot off the easel
28 The Working Artist
With our columnist Laura Boswell
29 Prize Draw
Win an easel and a £250 voucher
82 10 Minutes With...
Anthony Whishaw RA
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22 New Faces
How a new artists collective is
redefining portraiture in 2020
56 Brushing Up!
23 of the best practical art books
59 Figure Drawing
Jake Spicer's five-part series
continues with a look at muscles
64 Composition
Make more of your landscapes
with these clever techniques
66 Master Techniques
Norfolk Painting School's Martin
Kinnear on detail and suggestion
70 Demo
A step-by-step guide to painting
a fruity still life in watercolours
74 Project
Ripped a canvas? Learn how to
repair it with minimum fuss
Contents Felicia Forte
on
experimenting
with colour
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In 1957, I attended life classes
for two years. Was that time
useful? Absolutely. I've been
living off it ever since...
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30 David Hockney
Exclusive insight into his drawing
practice from Martin Gayford
34 In The Studio
With leading American
figurative painter Felicia Forte
practical
40 Masterclass
Learn to paint like Monet with
Pewsey Vale Studio's Paul Oakley
46 Exercises
St Ives School of Painting tutors on
the art of keeping it simple
50 How I Draw
Sir Quentin Blake talks pen nibs,
Roald Dahl and generating ideas
Learn about
the figure in
Jake Spicer's
new series
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