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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Seeing Dignity in the Mundane • ALFRED KAPPES painted his neighbors in a New York tenement building.

Self-Imposed Summer School • Michelle Wooderson goes back to class and experiences a sunny season of learning and growth.

Raising the Glass • Amber Droste breaks through a stained-glass ceiling between craft and fine art.

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SKETCHBOOK SEASON • HELEN OH demonstrates how to curate an unbound sketchbook.

SKETCHING WITH A LIMITED PALETTE

Pack Your Sketchbook • DANNY GREGORY welcomes you to the wide world of illustrated travel journaling.

Travel Journaling Tips

Copy From the Best • WILLIAM A. SCHNEIDER offers what you can learn when you “steal” from the masters.

TIPS

DEMO: After Zorn, Coquelin Cadet

Hello, Big Sky • Check out these tips for depicting all things above the horizon.

Compositions

The Story Behind a Painting • What does the conceptual process look like? Artist Zoey Frank takes us through the thinking part of a painting as experienced in the work of building her monumental work, Wedding.

RISKING IT ALL • For Stanka Kordic, the most dramatic narrative is what happens in the studio as a painting is being made.

Meet the Artist

Adventure in Figuration

MATERIALS

MAKING ART SAY MORE • Personal objects and shared symbols help Carolyn Robles create meaningful portraits and allegorical works with deeper messages.

STORYTELLING TOOLS TO REMEMBER

Almost Like Falling in Love • Through repeated visits, Mary Bentz Gilkerson builds an intimate connection to the landscape, resulting in a palpable sense of place in her paintings.

MIXED GREENS

MATERIALS

FAST WORK

ON SCENE at the OPÉRA • Edgar Degas’ lifelong love of opera leant authenticity to his depictions of theater life, both on- and offstage.

INTERPRETING THE NARRATIVE • For graphic designer-turned-watercolor-artist Peggi Habets, photos, composition and design are at the forefront of her urbanscapes, dancers and figurative stories.

DEMONSTRATION: STILL HERE

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Dollars and Sense • Increase your smarts on pricing art.

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Independent Study • Resources to inspire + build skills

Workshops 2020- 2021 • Your Complete Guide to Workshops Here and Abroad

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