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.

ARTISTS IN THE GARDEN

Artists Magazine

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Light and Loveliness • GEORGE HITCHCOCK was enthralled by fields of flowers on the Netherlandish coast.

Gardens & Glass • How does Dale Chihuly’s garden grow? With blown-glass twirls and rhythmic swirls and colorful forms that catch light’s glow.

OUTSIDE THE GLASSHOUSE

It’s in the (Index) Cards • Michelle Wooderson challenges you to a 31-day painting commitment. It’s easier—and smaller—than you think.

TRY THIS

WE ASKED... • If you could have any artist (living or dead) as a mentor, whom would you choose?

WE ASKED... YOU ANSWERED

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CRAFTING YOUR KIT • HELEN OH demonstrates how to use simple materials to create three DIY artist tools.

2020 THE YEAR OF THE WOMAN

What Do You Do With a Dreadful Drawing? • DANNY GREGORY suggests why—and how—you should get over your “bad” drawings.

The Best of Two Worlds • ANDREW S. CONKLIN tests Edgar Degas’ part-drawing, part-painting technique—peinture à l’essence.

An Eye for Art • Try these tips for depicting an expressive pair of facial features.

Seasonal Transitions • DAVID DUNLOP shares six works that successfully lead viewers into scenes that depict transitional moments at the edges of the winter season.

Compositions

Cultivating the Artist’s Life • Artists across generations and continents have always created—and continue to create, natural spaces to inspire and ground their creative work.

The GARDEN on the WALL • Louis Turpin cultivates vivacious flower patches and vivid views with abstract shapes, stroked linework and lively color.

TURPIN’S MATERIALS

ART COURSE • The Nelson-Atkins Museum offers a miniature golf course to expand visitors’ educational experience.

The Playful and the Personal • In Rachel Campbell’s vibrant and joyful paintings, plants tell the story of the people who tend them.

MATERIALS

PASSION for PIGMENTS • Lucy MacGillis mixes her own paints from natural substances, giving her work an elemental connection to the Umbrian landscapes she depicts.

MACGILLIS’ 2020 WORKSHOPS

DEEP BREATH OF PLEIN AIR

Outstanding Over 60 • Art-making is a passion that never grows old. In fact, passing years just add new perspectives, deeper insights and the refinement of skills. The 10 winners of the 2019 Artists Magazine Over 60 Art Competition show just how stunning the results can be when artists combine time, effort and talent.

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The Gallery Perspective • Like any relationship, the one between a gallerist and an artist requires mutual understanding and respect.

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Independent Study • Resources to inspire + build skills

Contemporary Realism

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