Artists & Illustrators - Summer 2022

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5 SKETCHBOOKQuick tips,
ideas and inspiration, plus
summer’s must-see art shows
18 PRIZE DRAWWin £1,000 of art
tuition from Raw Umber Studios
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82 PICTURE THIS Susan Clare
on why her David Attenborough
portrait means so much to her
Inspiration
14 IN THE STUDIO George
Frederick Thomas brings Brazil
to his South London studio
22 HOW I PAINTAlice Hole
reveals how she captures the
wonderful Cornish landscape
28 THE BRITISH ART PRIZEOur
art competition opens for entries
30 ART HISTORY A deep dive
into the art-packed period
between the two world wars
36 THE BIG INTERVIEW Bruce
McLean on why he will not be
confined to just one medium
42 ORAL HISTORY A look at Jean
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Michel Basquiat from those who
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knew him best: his two sisters CLEA
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48 RETROSPECTIVE Ian Beck CE
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of seeing the world afresh
22
Techniques
54 IN-DEPTHJake Spicer rounds
up his latest life drawing series
with by focusing on oil pastel
60 SERIES Up next from Ann
Witheridge is a lesson on how to
push colour in your landscapes
64 MASTERCLASS Travel to New
York via this eight-step demo on
how to paint a city scene 54
70 STEP-BY-STEP Follow Laura
Ryan as she draws a pet portrait
with an unusual colour palette
76 STEP-BY-STEPedding
ambassador Louise Angus shows
how to paint a vibrant bee
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The art of
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Stay committed to chronicling your
holidays this summer with these five top
tips from travel journal veteran Abbey Sy
1 SHOW UP REGULARLY
You don’t have to journal every day but showing up
is always key. Whether it’s once or twice in a trip or
dedicating half an hour every day to journaling, showing
up can mean many things. But it’s all about making it
a part of your priority list. Carving out time to journal
and honing your habit is essential.
2 CHOOSE A MEDIUM THAT SUITS YOU
Choose a medium that suits you now but also allows
you to explore something diff erent. This allows your
A sketchbook
journaling style to evolve and change over time. I always
is perfect for
had a fi neliner pen with me when I started travel
documenting
journaling. As I continued to travel, I learned how to use your travels
watercolour for my journaling process.
Eventually, I tried diff erent mediums
Wherever you
and techniques, using ephemera,
go, always take
collage and mixed media for my travel a sketchbook Abbey shares
journals. The best part is I’m still
her composition
fi nding new ways to create as tips and other
I keep journaling. creative ideas
3 TAKE TIME TO REFLECT
Sometimes we get so consumed with
wanting to journal that we forget what
we’re journaling about. When you
obsess over what the journal spread will
look like rather than take time to look
back on the memory itself, the process
can become disillusioning. Remember
that travel journaling is a way for us to
build a deeper relationship with travel
and ourselves.
4 MAKE IT A PRIORITY
Bring the same level of commitment to
journaling that you bring to booking
a ticket for your next trip. Be sure to
make journaling a priority by bringing your travel art kit
with you or take your pocket journal along wherever you
go. You never know what you’ll fi nd when travelling. This is an edited extract from The
Art of the Travel Journal: Chronicle
5 EXPLORE AND TRAVEL MORE Your Life with
What’s travel journaling without travel? Keep honing Drawing, Painting,
your journaling habit by taking on more adventures, near Lettering, and Mixed
and far. Consider joining journaling groups' hangouts, or Media by Abbey Sy.
even meetups. This can open your network to new friends Out in shops on
and connections and could inspire you further on your 9 August, £18.99.
travel journaling journey. quarto.com
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Exhibitions
THE BEST ART SHOWS TO VISIT THIS SUMMER
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30 July to 13 November
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a while to catch on. For example, when Impressionism
began to surface, it was mocked by the press. However, DER)
some Scotsthankfully had the foresight to invest. A
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DÜRER: THE MAKING OF Collection Trust, this small but UK and US editions, will be
A RENAISSANCE MASTER significant exhibition reveals how the contributions from Winnie-
17 June to 25 September Renaissance man took advantage of the-Pooh illustrator E H
Among art’s greatest polymaths is new technologies in printmaking, the Shepard, and Lauren Child,
Albrecht Dürer, who was not only growing social mobility of artists and an who provided the drawings for
a master draughtsman, painter and expansion in travel and communication the centenary version of The
printmaker, but also an accomplished to make his extraordinary talents Secret Garden in 2011.
writer and theoretician. Concluding known across Europe. The Garden Museum, London.
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