Artists & Illustrators

Artists & Illustrators is the UK’s best-selling magazine for artists and art lovers, providing advice and inspiration every month. Published for almost 25 years, each issue of Artists & Illustrators contains a colourful palette of profiles and features, together with valuable practical ideas, expert technical advice and useful product tests. Whether you favour oils or watercolours, portraits or landscapes, abstract art or botanical illustration, Artists & Illustrators brings a refreshing blend of creativity and advice every four weeks throughout the year.

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INTRODUCING

Artists & Illustrators

Sketchbook • TIPS • ADVICE • EXHIBITIONS • NEWS • REVIEWS

Exhibitions • THE BEST ART SHOWS TO VISIT FROM THIS MONTH ONWARDS

WIN Bundles of creative art materials • A total prize fund of over £1,000 is up for grabs – split between four lucky winners. Courtesy of STAEDTLER

We present… • ANNA SHUTTLEWOOD A published children’s book author, this illustrator brings humour and imagination to animal-filled worlds for children and adults alike

Marek Krumpár • This Prague-based artist tells Sarah Edghill how he developed his unique style

Martin Lachmair • This Austrian artist combined his design expertise with his love for drawing to create a successful art career

Christopher St. Leger • This artist transforms mundane scenes into structured compositions. Ramsha Vistro finds out more

Colin Revell • This artist won the British Art Prize 2025 People’s Choice award for his painting, New York. He tells Ramsha Vistro about how he captures mood, movement and modern city character in his art

Life drawing in watercolour • CHRIS SEDDON is a London-based watercolourist, painting the figure and the everyday with vitality. Here, he explains why quick life drawing studies make your brushwork feel expressive and lively

Wayne Thiebaud: American still life • WAYNE THIEBAUD is now considered to be one of the greatest and most original 20th-century American artists, but his work has rarely been shown outside the United States. Sarah Edghill learns about a new exhibition where that’s being put right

STEP-BY-STEP • British Art Club member DAVE COOPER is a watercolour artist who loves painting the landscapes and wildlife that inspire him. He works from sketches and photos he takes while out and about. Here, he shares his suggestions for working with watercolour

Birds of a feather • In this exclusive book extract, ANNA MASON shows you how to capture the essence of one of our most joyful garden birds

Stormy weather • SHARON TIERNAN shows how to capture the power and beauty of a winter sea scene

Light work • MATTHEW LYONS shows how to capture light when it transforms an everyday image into something more complex

Le paysage français • From his home in the South of France, NICHOLAS POULLIS shows you how he painted a village landscape in Margon, known for its charming medieval architecture

Lakeside • This chilly snowscape was the perfect composition to be painted in acrylic, says TERENCE CLARKE, all from the comfort of his home studio

Picture this • In every issue, we ask an artist to tell us about a piece of artwork that is important to them. This month, we speak to American landscape artist TAYLOR MANOLES