Artists & Illustrators

Artists & Illustrators is the UK’s best-selling magazine for artists and art lovers, providing advice and inspiration every month. Published for almost 25 years, each issue of Artists & Illustrators contains a colourful palette of profiles and features, together with valuable practical ideas, expert technical advice and useful product tests. Whether you favour oils or watercolours, portraits or landscapes, abstract art or botanical illustration, Artists & Illustrators brings a refreshing blend of creativity and advice every four weeks throughout the year.

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Artists & Illustrators

Sketchbook • TIPS • ADVICE • EXHIBITIONS • NEWS • REVIEWS

THE DIARY • Open calls, prizes and artist opportunities

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Exhibitions • THE BEST ART SHOWS TO VISIT FROM THIS MONTH ONWARDS

We present… CHRISTINE PORTER LOFARO • This Maltese artist turns life’s most fragile moments into luminous realism

Ho Ho Ho! • With Christmas around the corner, we’ve put together a seasonal gift guide full of creative ideas for your artistic friends and family, providing inspiration in the run-up to the festivities and helping you find something for everyone on your present list. Best of all, the whole lot is up for grabs in our fabulous annual Christmas prize draw, meaning two lucky readers (first prize and a runner-up) are in for a very special Christmas treat!

Win! Our annual Christmas hamper WORTH OVER £3,000! • There are prizes galore in our spectacular annual Christmas Prize Draw. Two lucky winners will receive art goodies from this magnificent Christmas hamper, valued at more than £3,000

Blair Atherholt • This artist creates evocative oil paintings, blending childhood imagination with disciplined technique, earning global recognition

Janice Light owler • JANICE LIGHTOWLER tells Niki Browes how she creates naturalistic images of the world through landscape and portraiture

Andrew Faulkner • Expressive, precise and vibrant, this artist’s landscapes invite viewers to experience nature’s energy. Ramsha Vistro learns about his love of colour

THE WINNERS • Our major annual global art competition was a huge success, and thousands of entries were whittled down to just 50 paintings. We present the winning artists – in their own words

Christopher James

Victor Harris

Michele Ashby

Rebecca Holton

Buy award-winning art online! • Visit The British Art Prize 2025 online gallery and invest in the 50 shortlisted pieces from this year’s exhibition here

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STEP-BY-STEP studio • EB WATTS comes from a family of American professional artists. She now lives in Cheshire, England, and paints with acrylic on canvas and paper. Here are her tips for making your artwork stand out from the crowd

Winter lane • Here GEOFF KERSEY shows you how to paint a quick – yet effective – snowy woodland scene in watercolour

All I want for Christmas • ANNA-MARIE shows that less can be more when you set out to capture the essence of a Christmas scene

Light fantastic • THOMAS W SCHALLER uses watercolour to reveal the beautiful light and majesty of St Stephen’s church in Cefalu

Hanging loose • FRANK WALTERS demonstrates how strong complementary colours can add a real punch

Halo • STEVE FORSTER demonstrates how to create a radiant portrait by using the ébauche method on a graphite and charcoal under-drawing

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