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Things we love… Helen Oxenbury: Illustrating the Land of Childhood celebrates the beloved illustrator’s enchanting works that have captivated generations. This exhibition explores her iconic depictions of childhood, blending imagination with everyday moments, and showcases her unique ability to connect word and image. Visitors can experience Oxenbury’s creative process, discovering the creativity behind her timeless storytelling. Burgh House, London NW3 1LT. burghhouse.org.uk Don’t miss… Matthew Rosier’s transformative art installation at Berwick Barracks. Renowned British artist Matthew Rosier will illuminate Berwick Barracks with giant-scale projections in Berwick Parade, a unique, community-led artwork. For one weekend only (28 February to 2 March 2025), the historic site will come alive as diverse locals appear in an immersive, free-to-view spectacle. This event marks the first commission of the Living Barracks Project, celebrating the barracks’…

INVENTING POST-IMPRESSIONISM: WORKS FROM THE BARBER INSTITUTE OF FINE ARTS  8 March to 2 November 2025 This major exhibition revisits the groundbreaking 1910 and 1912 Grafton Galleries exhibitions, where Roger Fry introduced Post-Impressionism to Britain. Featuring works by Cézanne, Van Gogh, Renoir and Pissarro, alongside Charleston’s permanent collection, it explores the movement’s influence on British Modernism and Bloomsbury’s artistic legacy. A unique opportunity to engage with one of the UK’s most significant Impressionist and Post-Impressionist collections. Charleston, Firle, Lewes BN8 6LL. charleston.org.uk HTEIN LIN 20 March to 1 June 2025 This solo exhibition by Myanmar artist Htein Lin showcases textile paintings, monoprints, video and performance works that reflect his life’s artistic journey. Featuring prison paintings made on uniforms and found textiles during his incarceration, it also includes an off-site display…

PARIS’ CHARM MIGHT BE IRRESISTIBLE, but artist Nicolas Martin’s journey took him across the Atlantic to Montreal, where the cold, crisp light of Canadian winters now drives his art. His childhood was steeped in culture and creativity; amidst the art-filled streets of Paris and his mother always playing classical music. “Paris is like an outdoor museum – art is everywhere – and I’ve always felt incredibly fortunate,” he reflects. “My mother played an important role in my introduction to art and music.” Early exposure to such an environment furthered a deep appreciation for the arts, which Nicolas’ mother nurtured by encouraging his constant drawing. The city’s museums were his playground and his early exposure to Impressionist art came, not through formal education, but as gifts in the form of books.…

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO PAINT AND CREATE 1 Be gentle with yourself Staying creative through artistic blocks is a testament to your resilience as an artist. Embrace the process rather than the outcome; sometimes just showing up and making marks is enough to spark momentum. Your inner critic might be loud, but it’s often in these moments of doubt that your most authentic breakthroughs take shape. 2 Embrace rejection The art world is full of opinions, and not everyone will appreciate your work. Use rejection as motivation to develop and refine your practice, not as a setback. Always paint from the heart and paint for yourself, not for a trend or the market. It is an extension of your inner being, consciousness and emotion brought forth onto canvas. 3 Network…

The Drawing Week 31 Mar–4 Apr, 10am–5pm Join an intensive week of drawing sessions; drawing from models, focusing on anatomy, imagination, collage and world imagery. In Studio, £445 Sculpting a Head  7–11 Apr, 10am–5pm Learn to sculpt expressive portrait heads. Use drawing to refine skull structure and facial details, working in the studio with a clothed model. In Studio, £455 Live Digital Studios Mondays, 1pm & 6.30pm Broadcast live, these 1 and 2 hour dynamic drawing sessions cover themes including movement, light, composition and story-telling. Online, from £9.50 Graphic Narratives: The Art of Motherhood  31 Mar–4 Apr, 10am–5pm Explore parenting through visual storytelling, combining art, literature, and live model sessions to create meaningful and personal narratives. Online, £440 Mapping: Drawing Internal Landscapes  5 Mondays from 24 Feb, 10–5pm This course…

This alleyway is inspired by my fond memories of strolling through the narrow streets of small Italian towns. A few years ago, I spent several weeks living in Tuscany, where I gained a lot of experience painting the unassuming towns. They hold a special place in my heart, and I wanted to capture their unique charm and character that made those experiences so memorable. During my time in Italy, I was fascinated by how cars would navigate and park in the narrowest of alleyways. The car in this piece serves as a compositional anchor. Its presence adds a touch of realism and grounds the scene in the everyday, reminding viewers of the timeless nature of such places. This painting brings back memories of those leisurely walks through quiet villages, the…

…successful art careers can come about quite by accident. Take this month’s The Big Interview artist, Trisha Adams, who only began to paint in midlife – and now she’s a professional. Or Tom Middleton, our How I Paint interviewee, who began to draw to supplement his music career; he’s now an award-winning wildlife artist. Both are inspiring reads and evidence that what’s meant to be will always find a way. There’s lots more to enjoy, in different mediums and styles, in this packed issue. Hashim Akib shows you how to paint in the style of a watercolour painting, except using acrylic paint whilst Penel Kirk shows you how she created an impressionistic Snowshoe hare in oil. For portrait aficionados, we’ve got three exciting features on the practice. Luis Morris paints…

14 FEBRUARY The Global Canvas 2025 invites children aged 4-16 to explore the theme ‘Coexistence,’ inspired by the IUCN Red List of endangered animals.  davidshepherd.org 28 FEBRUARY Enter by this date for a chance to be part of the London Art Biennale, with a £13,000 prize fund and global exposure. The entry fee is £36.  londonbiennale.co.uk 28 FEBRUARY Submit your art for a chance for it to be featured on a Meraki Notebook cover and you could win a personalised wooden notebook, with your work on the cover. tinyurl.com/aaimeraki 14 MARCH Enter Figurativas 2025 for an opportunity to win part of the €20,000 fund prize and exhibit at MEAM, Barcelona. To enter, it’s €45 per work. fundaciondelasartes.org…

Fred Ingram’s path to artistic success has been anything but conventional. From a young age, art was his sole refuge in school, thanks in part to the guidance of his teacher, Marion Hill, who introduced him to drawing. Even with a promising start, his journey was far from smooth. “Being expelled from St Martins was pivotal!” Fred recalls. Forced to make a living, he turned to graphic design, which became his financial backbone, allowing him to paint in his free time. His big break came unexpectedly: “Francis Bacon bought one of my paintings in a group show at the Birch & Conran Gallery in 1987.” Years later, Fred discovered his passion for landscape painting in The Fens, a place that inspired him and became central to his style. “I grew…

FOUNDED IN 2008, the Contemporary British Portrait Painters has fast become an important, inclusive community with members and is made up of some of the best portrait painters in the world. It aims to encourage the careers of those involved whilst also inspiring and nurturing with group exhibitions and inspiring activities. Currently with a membership of 76, many of its artists have painted each other. We speak to eight and find out about their process. thecbpp.org Tom & Sarah TOM CROFT I took lots of photos of Sarah Jane in her studio and was all set to start painting when I saw an image of her taken by the brilliant photographer Holly Falconer. It seemed to capture the Sarah Jane I had met perfectly, so I asked if I could…

AS A WILDLIFE ARTIST, I have had the pleasure of drawing and painting many animals, but hares continue to inspire my work and remain a popular subject among artists. This beautifully fluffy snowshoe hare, set against its wintry white backdrop, offers an atmospheric and seasonally fitting subject for this oil painting. The snowshoe hare, also known as the varying hare or snowshoe rabbit, is native to North America. Its name comes from its large hind feet, which are perfectly adapted to snowy environments and add to its charm. These oversized, fluffy feet prevent the hare from sinking into the snow as it hops or walks, while fur on the soles protects it from freezing temperatures. For camouflage, its fur turns white in winter and rusty brown in summer, though its…

THERE ARE SEVERAL ADVANTAGES to using acrylics in a watercolour style. The layers you apply are stable and won’t be reactivated by re-wetting the surface or by adding another layer on top. Open acrylics are the exception. Mistakes can easily be painted over, and the weightier paint allows greater contrast between diluted and neater layers. You can also paint on canvas in a watercolour style which saves on framing costs. The main reason I like using a watercolour style with acrylic is I feel more liberated when I can splash paint on more expressively and simply use neater paint to bring things together later on. I generally use neater paint for my acrylic artwork but, if you’re starting out, it’s useful to try various approaches. Diluting both watercolour and acrylic…

TOM MIDDLETON Tom took up wildlife artwork professionally at the age of 28. After spending a short while diving into the world of wildlife and discovering the plight of many species, his passion for conservation through art was born. He was a winner in the Wildlife Artist of the Year competition in 2020 and 2024. HASHIM AKIB Working as an illustrator for over 15 years, Hashim began developing his own paintings and started exhibiting, demonstrating and running painting workshops. He has won numerous art awards whilst he is also the author of five books, the latest being The Acrylics Companion published by Search Press. KIRSTEN TODD Cover artist Kirsten creates expressive portraits celebrating the divine feminine, resilience and our connection to nature. Painting professionally for seven years, her intuitive, spiritual…

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WHILST HE MAY HAVE BEEN CREATIVE AS A CHILD – drawing, playing with Lego and then the guitar – Tom Middleton didn’t complete his art A-Level, believing the process to be too theory-based. He didn’t create any artwork for another 10 years until he moved to London to chase a music career; producing and selling paintings became a way to supplement his musical aspirations. Soon, however, the art snowballed whilst his natural connection to nature and his ability to highlight the welfare of animals through his paintings felt like the perfect synergy.  tommiddletonart.com I’m lucky enough to have travelled to South Africa to visit several safari venues during my time there. My next trip is to swim with Orcas in Norway in the hope of photographing my own references. I’m…

I’M A PAINFULLY SLOW WORKER and have rarely been able to persuade others to sit for me for extended periods of time. Because of that, my most considered and least rushed portraits have been of myself. In this seasonal self-portrait, painted in oil on canvas I wanted to demonstrate the careful control of tone, saturation and above all temperature, within a narrower palette to celebrate the effects of the cold natural light of a grey winter’s day on the colours of my face and head. As well as being a seasonal garment, I also became interested in how my grey jumper’s form lent itself to the overall composition, especially the way the offset oval of the collar gave some movement to the otherwise static symmetrical oval of my head. I…

LAST MONTH I NEEDED SOMEONE to pose for my online watercolour class, and my friend Augustus stepped up. I soon realised he was an exceptional model, able to sit still while remaining alert. Here is the resulting painting (right). Since that initial session, I’ve painted him a few more times. For this article, I chose to depict him in profile. My goal was to delve deeply into the colours and tones that make up his face and bring depth to the painting. I also wanted to explore the particular shape of his features from the side and find all the angles and curves along the edge that make up his unique face. I position the water, paper towel and palette conveniently to my right. I want a smooth visual transition…

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