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.

WARM UP TO WINTER

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Dove Gray • Sophisticated but ambiguous, this color is the polite middle child of the color wheel.

PALETTE POINTERS

Boston: Cradle of Liberty and Architecture

Winter Watercolor Sketching • Embrace the unexpected snowy scenes that can be found right outside your window.

WE ASKED... What is the most beautiful book about art that you own?

WE ASKED... YOU ANSWERED

Build

Materials

Evoke a Mood Using Dominance • MICHAEL CHESLEY JOHNSON explains the role of color dominance in design and demonstrates its mood-building property.

START WITH A STUDY

HELPFUL DEFINITIONS

Silver Linings • SHERRY CAMHY demonstrates how to achieve the rich subtleties of silverpoint.

Materials

See, React, Interpret • THOMAS W SCHALLER demonstrates how to move beyond what the eye actually sees to present a unique vision.

Art on Ice • Ward off the winter chill with these hacks.

Wintry Mix

Mind Your “Beeswax” • PATTI BRADY explores how to use acrylic to create an aged patina in this excerpt from the 10th anniversary edition of her seminal book, Rethinking Acrylic .

PATINA RECIPE

OPTION

EXPLORE ACRYLIC

Materials

Compositions

ART OF Memory & Meaning • Canadian painter Simon Andrew’s winterscapes reveal the creative process and unique vision of this master artist.

Materials

A Winter Scene, Reconstructed

EYE ON EXCELLENCE • Winners of the 35th Annual Art Competition

CELEBRATION OF ARTISTS

PAINTING IN A WINTER WONDERLAND • A group of artists trek out to a secluded area of Minnesota each year, surrounded by winter’s splendors, for a week of art-making and camaraderie.

DRESSING FOR THE OCCASION

From Page to Canvas • Artists through the ages have shown that words can be worth a thousand pictures.

INSPIRED BY ARTISTS

Winter Sojourn • Eric Aho depicts the landscapes of mind and memory in the guise of snowy scenes.

Outfit

Find Your Niche • Narrowing your creative focus can actually widen your career horizon.

DO NOW

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