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Pastels
Ever wondered where to begin with soft pastels? Artist, tutor and art historian, Sophie Ploeg, explains the hardnesses of different types of soft ...
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Features & Editorials
For our fourth post of the series, Advice for Emerging Artists, we're featuring writing by award-winning realism painter Sophie Ploeg. Sophie specialises in ...
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Oil Painting
Copper panels have been used as a support for oil painting since the Renaissance. Copper has the useful property of giving the applied ...
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Artist Interviews
The Guest Artist section is a place for artists to talk about their work, techniques and materials. I am sure that one artist ...
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Features & Editorials
We asked some of the artists we’ve been working with over the last year or so, and who we admire greatly, what their ...
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Features & Editorials
The Jackson’s Open Painting Prize always generates fantastic conversations about what it’s like being an artist and about the processes artists use to make work. ...
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Art Classes, Workshops and Holidays
As 2018 has kicked off and the nights are still a bit too long, it’s the perfect time to think about what you ...
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Oil Painting
I asked 13 of the most inspiring figurative oil painters working today what painting mediums they like to work with. Here’s how they ...
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Current Events weekly
Current Events #19. A selection of UK art exhibitions and events for week 19 of 2016. (click images for larger view) Bill Jacklin: ...
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Current Events weekly
Current Events #14. A selection of UK art exhibitions and events for week 14 of 2016. (click images for larger view) Sophie Ploeg ...
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Exhibitions & Events
With Richard Diebenkorn’s exhibition at the Royal Academy as a particular stand-out, this month is full of captivating exhibitions to visit. Have a ...
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Features & Editorials
The Artists & Illustrators magazine current issue (April 2014) has a very useful article with advice for artists on using social media: ‘An ...
