Indholdsfortegnelse for January 2025 i The Artist

Want to comment on something you’ve read, or seen? Email me at theartistletters@tapc.co.uk or visit our website at www.painters-online.co.uk/forum We are delighted to bring you several new series this month that have resulted from requests from our readers to include more features concerning the business of art and how artists who take their work seriously can maximise their potential - whether that be through the experiences of other artists whose work they admire or through understanding how to market their work and reach a wider audience. For the first of our new series, we welcome back Sally Bulgin, previous editor of The Artist who will be revealing the daily practices of a number of today’s best-known artists, starting with our greatly valued consultant editor, David Curtis. David’s paintings, in whatever…

LONDON Bankside Gallery 48 Hopton Street SE1. 020 7928 7521 banksidegallery.com Designer Craft at Bankside; work by the Society of Designer Craftsmen, November 20 to December 1. Courtauld Gallery Somerset House WC2. 020 3947 7777 courtauld.ac.uk Monet and London: Views of the Thames; until January 19. Dulwich Picture Gallery Gallery Road SE21. 020 8693 5254 dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk Tirzah Garwood: Beyond Ravilious; November 19 to May 26. Mall Galleries The Mall, SW1. 020 7930 6844 mallgalleries.org.uk ING Discerning Eye Exhibition 2024; featuring small-scale artworks, November 15 to 24. Royal Institute of Oil Painters; annual exhibition, November 28 to December 14. National Gallery Trafalgar Square WC2. 020 7747 2885 nationalgallery.org.uk Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers; until January 19. Discover Constable & The Hay Wain; until February 2. Parmigianino: The Vision of Saint Jerome;…

Born in Doncaster in 1948, David headed an engineering design team until 1988 when he became a full-time painter. He was elected to the Royal Society of Marine Artists in 1983 and a member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters in 1988. Essentially a plein-air, figurative painter, working in both oil and watercolour, he loves to observe transient light and atmospheric effects in his compositions. David has been a much-valued editorial consultant to The Artist magazine for many years and is senior judge in our annual TALP Open Competition. David in his studio Can you describe a typical day as a professional working artist? ‘Depending on the diary of events I would expect to be in the studio setting up by 9am. The weather and lighting conditions might dictate…

MONTH ONE My name is Rodney Kingston. I’m married to Hannah and we have two children - an eight-year-old daughter and five-year-old son. We also have two pet fish. We live in Staines-upon-Thames (M25 distance outside of London) and like to make the most of living near the river. We enjoy family time together, holidays, supporting Spurs, running, cinema trips, popcorn and watching TV. Collectively - mainly the older members of the family - we have made a big decision: I’m quitting my job and going to become a full-time artist. The idea of becoming a professional artist has been a lifelong ambition but for many years I’ve questioned: is it possible for me? Until recently I’ve answered that lingering doubt with ‘no’ or ‘not yet’. But now, for a…

Email theartistletters@tapc.co.uk or write to The Editor, The Artist, Warners Group Publications, The Maltings, West Street, Bourne, Lincolnshire PE10 9PH Please note we may have to edit letters for reasons of space This month’s star letter writer will receive a pack of eight Spectrum Noir Bright Brush Artliners worth £9.99 (rrp). These thin-tipped pens are perfect for drawing, outlining, calligraphy, and fine detail colouring. The Japanese ink ensures precision, vibrant colours, and flawless coverage, plus they are quick-drying, and smudge-proof. STAR LETTER Finding inspiration I have been teaching watercolour painting to adults for over 15 years and most of my students have been with me for many years. Each term we concentrate on a different theme such as tonality, colour, still life or various aspects of landscape. After so many…

We are delighted to announce that The Artist Award in the recent Sketch for Survival competition goes to Sarah Rhiannon for her sensitive painting Look Up (above). Sarah writes: ‘My love of wildlife came long before I started painting and since picking up a paintbrush in 2020, it’s wonderful to combine the two, especially when the latter can help the former through initiatives such as Sketch for Survival. I watched this young lion in the Serengeti enjoying the breeze in the treetops. I was drawn to explore the dappled light that the tree cast and aimed to capture the intensity and curiosity of the lioness’s gaze whilst keeping a loose, impressionistic style. My background in zoology helps inform my painting decisions. Through previous wildlife-related jobs I have been fortunate to…

Peter Graham Studied at Glasgow School of Art and is a member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour. Find out more at www.petergraham.org There is something special about the sunflower that brings a remarkable presence to a painting - unerringly cheerful and melancholic at the same time. Is it the prehistoric stems and the soft velvet leaves or the burst of light as the flower hypnotises with its deep centre? I had never fully appreciated the beauty of the sunflower until I started to paint them; so sensual, so evocative of summer, so deep in a dream of yellow. There is a poetry within the sunflower, inextricably linked to our art history and the summer’s light. As a painter it…

We are pleased to announce the winners of this year’s People’s Choice Awards in our 2024 The Artist and Leisure Painter Open Art Competition, as voted for by our Painters Online community! For their prize, both Lucy Smith (The Artist category) and Michael Sheldon (Leisure Painter category) receive gift vouchers worth £250 to spend at Art Supplies with Painters Online on materials of their choice. Huge congratulations to both artists! THE ARTIST PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD-WINNER ‘I am a self-employed Fine Artist living in the rolling hills of Derbyshire. In 2017. I graduated from the Loughborough University School of Arts with a First-Class BA Flons Degree in Fine Art. Since graduating. I began a creative career as a full-time artist. I work primarily in acrylic and pencil in a representative style.…

Charles Williams is the president of the Royal Watercolour Society and member of the New English Art Club. Since leaving the RA Schools in 1992 he has consistently maintained a studio and exhibited regularly in London, the UK, Europe and the US, making paintings, sculpture and watercolours. Interested in the role of the visual arts in the contemporary world, he has written two books on drawing and painting, and many artides for this magazine, and many others, including open publications with www.susakpress.com. He is currently represented by New Art Projects, London. When I teach my beginners’ watercolour classes, I start with a demonstration of materials. I stand behind a desk, piled up with stuff from my studio that I have lugged to the venue in a huge bag, put my…

Sally Ward has a BA and M.Phil. in Music from Cambridge University and is a self-taught artist. She has exhibited numerous times with the Royal Society of Portrait Painters, the Society of Women Artists and the Royal Institute of Oil Painters at the Mall Galleries in London and was a finalist in Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year 2020 in which she painted Melanie Sykes, Bernardine Evaristo and Eddie Izzard. You can find out more at sallyward-art.com and Instagram @sallywardart. There are many reasons for formulating a painting. Sometimes the aim is primarily representational. However, many artists use art to tell a story about the sitter or subject which goes beyond the image and prompts the viewer to ask questions, interpret emotions and gain an understanding of the meaning…

LEARN FROM THE MASTERS: 1ST OF 12 Sarah Edmonds is The marketing manager for Pegasus Art. a freelance art marketing consultant and a watercolour painter. Sarah studied a short course at the Slade School of Fine Art followed by a degree in marketing and has worked in the industry ever since. sarahedmonds-marketing.com Van Gogh’s Arles paintings, of which most of us are familiar, were painted in 1888-1889, beneath starry skies, swirling clouds, amongst the heat of the cypress and swaying trees. With a nod to the current Poets & Lovers once-in-a-century exhibition at the National Gallery, closing on January 19. we are shining a light on o different period of Van Gogh’s life - one of his most prolific artistically. During the years he spent in Arles. Van Gogh revolutionised…