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.

From The Editor • “Why do we love the sea? It is because it has some potent power to make us think things we like to think.”

Artists Magazine

This Sinister Landscape • Looking to reinvigorate Impressionism, CLAUDE MONET visited a remote fishing village off the French coast.

Quilts in Motion • Ann Houle exercises fabric and thread to tell the stories of athletes in action.

WE ASKED... What’s your favorite seascape of all time?

PERSPECTIVE • SCOTT MAIER offers tips and tricks for adding perspective to your seascapes.

Drawing Drapery • Discover four tricks that will strengthen your skills for tackling the challenges of fabric and folds.

On the Edge • Six celebrated painters manipulate line to further the mood and meaning in their masterworks.

By the Sea • Make waves—literally—with these tips for beach paintings.

An IMMERSIVE Subject • Abi Whitlock has spent a lifetime observing the allure of water and now plunges others into the underworld of placid weightlessness.

Harmony of Light • Matteo Massagrande finds quiet poetry in the lost worlds of deserted spaces.

painting THE DEEP • IN HER LATEST WORK, CHICAGO ARTIST PEGGY MACNAMARA REVELS IN THE ODD AND WONDERFUL WORLD THAT EXISTS IN THE EARTH’S OCEANS.

A Splash of Summer • Hot off the press, the Summer 2023 edition of The Best of Watercolor celebrates the 100+ winners of the Splash 24 Watermedia Competition. For this special sneak peek, we selected 14 works that revel in summertime subjects to inspire your art-making this season. What better way to kick off July’s World Watercolor Month?

BEYOND ORIGINAL • Jay Senetchko uses timeless, traditional tropes in the service of an art-based dialogue addressing contemporary issues.

art news • Keeping you in the know

Low-Residency MFAs • Offered by a growing number of art colleges and universities, low-residency MFA programs appeal to nontraditional students—particularly those already with jobs, families and roots in a community.

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Independent Study • Resources to inspire + build skills

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