Indholdsfortegnelse for Summer 2023 i Artists & Illustrators

… “Let the paint paint itself!” This is when the alchemy of the paint comes alive by letting the colours flow and move together freely. It’s when those surprising happy accidents occur, when what might have been considered a mistake, actually improves the final results and the painting evolves organically. It’s something our cover and The Big Interview artist, Claire McCall, certainly enjoys. She loves that the palette knife takes away from how she controls the oil paint in her pictures. “As familiar as I am now with using knives,” she says, “the paint will always be difficult to control. I do value serendipity in painting. The strokes of genius are always the ones that you never intended.” It’s a sentiment our Technique artist, Inga Buividavice agrees with. “In my…

23 JUNE Artists and illustrators are invited to submit designs for Make It York’s sculpture trail: Snooks Trail. 30 selected artists will each receive £1,000. Free to enter. makeityork.com 25 JUNE The RSA William Littlejohn Award wants Scottish artists to produce a new body of work in a water-based medium. The first prize winner receives £2,000. royalscottishacademy.org 26 JUNE This is the eighth year of the Visual Art Open, a not-for-profit event, open to both amateur and professional artists. Prize fund totals over £3,000 and it’s £20 to enter. visualartopen.com 30 JUNE The Hari Art Prize 2023 provides a free-to-enter opportunity for UK art graduates. 2D artworks in any medium are welcome with prizes worth over £10,000. thehari.com…

THE FABULOUS NEW WEBSITE FOR SHOWCASING AND SELLING YOUR ART You asked – we delivered! We are delighted to announce that Portfolio has been upgraded to The British Art Club on a brand-new, brilliant platform and now working better than ever. Your Portfolio membership will continue as before, including the artworks currently listed on your profile. Don’t worry: you won’t need to pay a penny more than you currently do. Simply log in to your Portfolio account and you will be prompted to reset your password the first time you sign in. Then, all that’s left for you to do is enjoy everything the new club has to offer! Once logged in, your improved profile will appear and you can share, showcase and sell your artwork commission free. Make your…

WHEN HE WAS YOUNG, 34-year-old Joshua Waterhouse (no relation to JW Waterhouse, a question he gets asked often) wanted to be a farmer, a spy and then a painter – in that order. The latter was something of a given; painting and drawing were the things he was always best at. Even though his parents aren’t artists – they are both psychologists, although creative in their own ways (his mum is a keen photographer whilst Dad can do anything with his hands, including building the house Josh grew up in) – he and his three brothers were all encouraged to draw from an early age. They’re all now in creative jobs; something clearly rubbed off. The first time he painted onto a wood panel was for his A-level project (a…

Still life is my preferred oil painting genre as I really want to portray, document and celebrate the subject in all its beauty. To realise this goal I try to create a high level of realism using the alla prima technique with painterly and visible brush strokes. I have developed my style with practice, painting almost daily. Nature has been my greatest teacher, always showing me new ways to appreciate and observe life which in turn, I try to document. I love to paint anything that can tell a story, is beautiful and eye-catching. I collected shells as a child which I have held onto into adulthood. I enjoy the sense of nostalgia and individual memories each shell holds. The shells chosen here are a mix of shapes and sizes…

MESSAGE OF THE MONTH Jack Browning Artists & Illustrators holds a very special place in my career as an artist. I first became a reader during my first year of university in 2019, when I was looking for something to make the commute less of a drag. Given that I was studying Fine Art, it seemed like a no-brainer. I remember the issue had this great article about John Singer-Sargent and since he’s one of my favourite painters, I read it from front to back. I almost always have a magazine stashed somewhere. My favourite thing is that it sets such a high benchmark showing off other amazing artists that it always pushes me to make my best work. Jonathan Harley As a regular reader of your magazine, I have…

JOSHUA WATERHOUSE Newcastle-born Joshua Waterhouse is a realist portrait artist. Influenced by artists of the Northern Renaissance, he pays minute attention to detail in his paintings. He has won numerous awards and exhibits often with the Royal Society of Portrait Painters. FELICITY JOY STARR A realist who specialises in still life, Felicity paints with oils to portray the subject in the alla prima style. Aside from short courses, she is self-taught and has developed with daily practice. Nature is her greatest teacher, always showing her new ways to create. SHARON GOODENOUGH While studying Fine Art, Sharon was heavily influenced by the Impressionists; the simplicity in the way the artists painted what they saw, thought and felt resonated with her. She likes to explore sky, sea and landscape painting. GARY SPENCER…

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IN RUSUDANA GLONTI’S EARLY YEARS, she remembers creating stories in her mind but instead of writing them down, she drew them out with a graphite pencil or ballpoint pen. Art lessons were some of her favourites at school and yet – as it often happens – life took her on another path and she went on to become a linguist. “I worked as an interpreter and translator for a number of years and also taught English. Although it was always in the back of my mind, art never really became my main focus until years later, when I moved to Scotland.” For the first time, Rusudana had the time and opportunity to do something she truly enjoyed. Does she remember the exact moment she consciously made the decision to become…

My creative process started at a young age, through drawing, painting and then photography. The option to continue studying towards an art degree wasn’t available so, after completing my A’ levels, I worked as a Photographer’s Assistant. Working in a commercial photographic environment was not for me and I relocated to work in a studio where I trained as a Photographic Colour Hand Technician. This was an entirely different environment; the work was interesting, my colleagues were supportive, and I met incredible clients. One client later hired me as his makeup artist as I had studied Special Effects Makeup. The work was fun but sporadic. I worked on projects and as much as I loved it, I had to focus on a regular income. My career took a turn and…

I LIKE TO THINK OF MY PAINTINGS as a place where my memories and imagination meet to create something new. I am greatly inspired by nature and love to capture it through my own lens, conveying the impressions that I get at the time. I try to log colours and strokes that bring the landscape back to life on paper. Additionally, I like to combine various elements from different landscapes to create a completely new one. Much of my inspiration comes from daily travels and explorations in nature around me. I especially love the landscapes of Wales; its steep sloppy mountains, brown and mossy colour tones, and of course, I will never stop being mesmerised by the abundance of wildflowers. Flowers are usually an accent in my paintings as they…

Things we love… Korean Art London (KAL) is a new Artists Fair led by gallerist Rok Hee Hwang, working with Genie Ahn as Lead Curator. Supported by the Federation of Artistic and Cultural Organisation of Korea (FACOK), Hwang is bringing over 30 contemporary South Korean artists to Mall Galleries in the heart of London’s West End. The fair will take over all three of the gallery’s spaces, totalling 450sqm. Korean Art London 2023 will be the first in a series of annual KAL fairs. On from 6 to 22 July 2023 at Mall Galleries, The Mall, London. koreanartlondon.com Don’t miss… After almost 10 years of planning, negotiations, renovation works, covid delays and a soft opening, the brand-new Royal Watercolour Society Gallery at Whitcomb Street, just off Trafalgar Square, is finally…

KATE MONTGOMERY: PATTERN BOOK 30 June to 27 July 2023 Kate Montgomery’s interest in textiles and her studies in Islamic patterns inform the texture and aesthetic of her painting, where patterns and textiles are very much part of the story. She uses geometric principles and Victorian designs to weave through her works, which are small and intensely painted on board. Pattern Book, the title of the show, refers to the well-thumbed collection of pattern design books piled up on her studio floor. From Owen Jones’ Grammar of Ornament to early modern designers Enid Marx and Margaret Calkin James. Montgomery’s paintings are a look behind the curtains, private moments and domestic quiet. The narrative can be solitary, dreamlike or thoughtful, the subject is often an exploration of personal narratives or inspired…

1 Do the internal work If you lack confidence, remove any limiting beliefs that are holding you back and do the internal work to open you up to create. 2 Create every day No matter how small, set your intentions in the morning to get the most from yourself and your practice. 3 Network You can do this in your local community and make sure to become knowledgeable on social media. It’s free worldwide marketing and you never know what opportunities will open for you.…

SUNFLOWERS ARE SUCH A GLORIOUS SIGHT when they come in full bloom in the middle of summer. Although they are not the easiest of subjects to paint, the results are highly rewarding when you capture the cheerful yellow colour and the wild rhythm of the many sepals. I chose this particular flower head as I knew I would relish the challenge of the curling green sepals, which give the subject an architectural and playful twist. When a subject has a dominant colour, as in this case yellow, it is always a good plan to use several versions of that colour to stop the painting from looking flat. Even if it looks like the petals are the exact same yellow as one of the yellows in your palette, the colour on…

ONE OF THE MOST ENJOYABLE and instructive paintings to do during the warm months is a still life of summer flowers. Summer light provides opportunities to use brighter, pure, high chroma colours as well as to design dramatic high contrast compositions. The garden flowers of summer are natural subjects for artists who love both colour and nature. I have set up a still life painting, presented in steps, to illustrate the possibilities of subject, composition, lighting, textural brushwork, colour variety and intensity. The combination of bright golds, blues, yellows and greens is natural when paired with the warm light of a summer afternoon seen through a window. The shapes of flowers and their leaves create natural contrasts and silhouettes when placed in a room near a brightly lit window. The…

WITH NITRAM LIQUID CHARCOAL “As I swam out from the sandy shores of Strandfontein, a stretch of South Africa’s West Coast threatened by the exploration of economically exploitable minerals, the sobering reality that 'progress' continues to reshape vulnerable ecosystems weighed me down. Looking back at the coast, my hope is for policymakers to prioritize restoration and preservation efforts, ensuring that future generations can enjoy the same natural wonders that I have been fortunate enough to experience. With the expressive potential of liquid charcoal, I can employ a wider range of techniques in my work. By combining considered, dry charcoal rendering with intuitive, liquid charcoal brushwork, my hope is that I learn even more about this elusive feeling that lures me to my subjects. I'm particularly drawn to the unique viscosity…