Artists Magazine

Readers learn painting and drawing firsthand from other artists through written instruction and reproduction, guiding them step-by-step through the creative process. The magazine shows readers a wide variety of creative options, teaching the fundamentals of art making, presenting techniques in different painting and drawing media.

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The Gaze of Victorine Meurent • More than 150 years later, Manet’s muse still holds our eye.

Digital & Dynamic • Artist Jessie Young uses digital tools and a dedicated drawing habit to feed and fuel her creative life.

WE ASKED... What’s a piece of art advice that you’ll never forget?

Build

CHARCOAL AND FIXATIVES • Follow along as Scott Maier explores three different ways of preparing a charcoal underdrawing for an oil painting.

Trees, Shoots & Leaves • Nature offers a ready supply of sketching inspiration. Try these ideas to enrich the experience.

Study Time • Experiment with variations to get to your true intention.

Compositions

COVER STORIES • The five winning works in our second annual Artists Magazine Cover Competition are compelling compositions that may intrigue or charm, but definitely captivate.

Illusion AND Allusion: THE OPTICS OF CONNECTION • Through a process of evolving creative concepts, Julie Beck creates intriguing art that’s as personal in intimation as it is universal in communication.

Drawing, Full Circle • Adonna Khare’s large-scale mural drawings featuring fanciful animal narratives are one part personal memoir and one part universal parable.

Riding on the Wings of Bees • Jessica Anne Schwartz turns synesthesia into art featuring complex storytelling and bursts of color—with each piece offering a clue to reading another.

Indigenous Identity & Perspective • Meet four contemporary Native American artists whose unique viewpoints are redefining art history.

art news Keeping you in the know • Vermont’s Shelburne Museum Announces Native American Initiative

Outfit

Built From Scratch • When Heather Wanamaker had the opportunity to plan a new custom-built home, she started with the studio space and worked out from there.

DO NOW • SeattleHOKUSAI: INSPIRATION AND INFLUENCE, FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON

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