Innholdsfortegnelse for Summer 2016 i Artists & Illustrators

Picasso Linocuts from the British Museum Linocuts form a fairly small part of Picasso’s work as a printmaker, however some of his most outstanding compositions were produced using this method in a short burst of activity between 1958 and 1963. It was a combination of moving too far away from the printmakers who produced his etching and lithographs and curiosity, which drove him, at 78, to experiment further with the technique. The show will include the ‘Jacqueline Reading’ series, depicting his wife and muse. The prints capture the process of linocutting that Picasso developed, which involved cutting, printing and cleaning just one piece of lino over and over again to gradually build up an image and create the finished article. This dispensed with the need to cut a separate block…

SUE JELLEY Sue Jelley’s works are always moving. In her painting, Mardi Gras – Cuba, the viewer is not privy to a single facial expression, but we still feel the energy of the subjects as they dance with their backs to us, their traditional Cuban dresses swaying with the music. In the past, Sue has been commissioned to produce jazz-themed paintings for the BBC, and a sense of musicality often finds its way onto her canvases. In Cuba, the idea of Mardi Gras is open to interpretation, being a New Orleans-style carnival for some, and a religious celebration for others. “I am interested in movement and in all my ‘dance’ works try to understand the background to any special event. Mardi Gras is a celebration so you don’t have to…

You illustrate picture books as well as working as an urban sketcher, how does one complement the other? They are quite separate; the way they complement one another is that I’ve been doing picture books for many years, and if you’re not careful, when you’re doing the same thing, you can get very stale. I find urban sketching is a way of keeping it fresh. When I am working on picture books, I’m constrained to a certain style. When I am working in my sketchbook, I’m much freer, I can use the materials of my choice. It has a different rhythm to it. How do Inktense pencils fit into your urban sketching? They’ve been an essential staple in my kit for about four years. Originally I used them to draw…

Britain’s South West has been attracting artists for centuries, from the members of The Newlyn School art colony in Cornwall, to the contemporary plein air painters that flock to the Durdle Door in Devon every summer. It is a part of the country that is entrenched in art history, and yet, so many seek inspiration abroad, rather than experience the spectacular landscapes so close to home. Sometimes, the best painting subjects are just a short drive away. St Ives School of Painting Looking to fire up your creativity? Haven’t picked up a paintbrush since school? Whatever stage you are at, we have courses carefully designed to suit you. Our tutors are highly skilled and we work in small friendly groups in the award winning Porthmeor Studios, “with the best sea…

When Sara Zin hit a wall with her art, she was hungry for meaning and hungry for good food. Having never learned to cook, she decided to start a blog of recipes, painting everything she made in watercolours before posting them online. The Starving Artist Cookbook is the result of that year’s journey. As informative as it is imaginative, Sara’s story is a testament to painting what you love and not what you should. “When I started cooking, I was confused with where I was. I was painting oil portraits and had gone through a lot of different styles. I loved Joe Sorren’s distorted figurative paintings and Mark Ryden’s cutesy work, which was more illustrative, but I just didn’t know who I was. When I stopped thinking about styles and…

1 SHE WAS A HIGHLY PRAISED SCHOLAR Born in Streatham in 1899, Knights studied at The Slade School of Fine Art (1915-17 and 1918-20) and received a scholarship in her final year. In 1920, she was the first woman to win the Scholarship in Decorative Painting from the British School at Rome. Her prize-winning entry The Deluge (1920) was described as “the work of a genius” (Daily Graphic, 1921). 2 SHE WAS INSPIRED BY HER OWN IMAGE One of Knights’ early sketchbooks (1912-15) contains drawings copied from dress catalogues and fashion magazines, with Knights transposing her own likeness on to the models. Her self-portraiture was authoritative; in 1920, her close friend Allan Gwynne-Jones teased Knights on her purchase of a full-length mirror: “jumping out of bed in the morning and…

IPAD ART RE: Your Letters, Issue 366 Having read your letters page in the July issue, I am sending two examples of work from my iPad. The picture of Trentham Lake (left) is on show in the Open Exhibition of the Newcastle-under-Lyme Museum and Art Gallery. It was done with the Procreate app then printed using my printer and 160gsm paper for colour printing. The drawing of Criccieth beach (pictured above right) in North Wales was created using the ArtRage app and printed at home on 190gsm Bockingford inkjet watercolour paper. I would welcome more advice in your excellent magazine. Many thanks and kind regards. Anthea Bond, via email Since visiting David Hockney’s exhibition I also have been using my iPad and would very much appreciate articles on this art.…

by the side of a motorway in the Polish port town of Gdansk, film history is being made. In an industrial complex that hosts IT companies and travel administrators, there is a unit marked ‘Breakthru Films’. Behind it, I find dozens of painters seated row on row, studiously applying oils to their canvases in the style of Van Gogh. They are working on what will be the world’s first fully painted feature film, Loving Vincent, set to explore the life and enigmatic death of the Dutch artist through his paintings. The story was originally filmed in live action against a green screen with an impressive cast that includes John Sessions, Saoirse Ronan, Douglas Booth and Peaky Blinders’ Helen McCrory; but it was when the shoot wrapped that the work really…

First I take photos of the food on my Canon handheld, phone, or whatever can capture the best light. Having good reference shots is so important, because it’s all about the information that is there and you can’t create that reality if it’s not there. I sketch it out and then paint it on watercolour block paper, cold press, glued on the sides so it doesn’t pick up when painting. I’ve taped it to a board before, but I think that’s to much hassle, so I prefer ready-glued paper. Have a medium you feel comfortable with and draw it out. I approach watercolour like oil and am conscious of white space, so I am careful not to overwork them. Traditionally you would do washes, but I think a lot of…

What skills do you need to be a good urban sketcher? Exact a regular practice (a daily practice for me). I think that the best skills are curiosity and patience. Curiosity to look for an original point of view and the patience to spend 15 minutes to an hour and a half sketching a subject. What is the best equipment to take with you? My equipment is very compact and light, as I’m carrying it all the time in my rucksack. I carry a folding stool, a case on my belt with my inkpens, watercolours, brush pens and colour pencils. The most important things are a couple of sketchbooks: a small one to scribble in on the subway, and a larger one for more elaborate work. I get put off…

In the 18th century, the beginnings of the Industrial Revolution saw the development of a new world of artists’ colours, materials and palettes of colours. Progress in the chemical and petroleum industries would, over the next century, not only produce cheaper substitutes for older expensive and fragile colours, but also a host of new hues. Classic palettes of eight or 10 colours continued to be the basis of painting practice, but new colours such as Cadmiums, Alizurans and Phthalos were added and experimented with. By the middle of the 19th century Chromium Green, Cadmium Yellow, Viridian, Cerulean Blue, Cobalt Blue and many others became economically and readily available as artists’ paints. Some painters added so many new colours to their palettes that as many as 40 tube colours crowded their…

Celebrate the arrival of summer with the show that’s marked the start of the art world’s summer season for almost 250 years. The Royal Academy’s 2016 Summer Exhibition continues the tradition of showcasing a kaleidoscope of artwork from painting and photography to printmaking and film. Leading British sculptor Richard Wilson RA coordinates this year’s hang, which he says will be “unpredictable, stimulating and startling.” Summer Exhibition sponsored by Insight Investment. www.royalacademy.org.uk THE PRIZE We’ve teamed up with the RA to offer one lucky winner and their guest a VIP art weekend, including tickets to the exhibition, an overnight stay and full English breakfast at The Stafford London – a five star hotel tucked away in the heart of St James’s – plus the exhibition catalogue for you to take home.…

Turner famously had himself tied to a ship’s mast in order to paint a storm at sea. Landscape artist Oliver West doesn’t go to quite such extreme lengths, but he is almost evangelical about working en plein air and the transformative effect it can have. “I put myself in difficult situations in the landscape and something happens,” he says. Oliver, who is based in Marazion, West Cornwall, is best known for his etchings and engravings produced in situ from his mobile studio. After graduating from Falmouth College of Arts in 1994 he set up a waterside printmaking studio and gallery, but he was soon itching to find a way to work out in the landscape. “I couldn’t bear being indoors with an etching press when I wanted it outdoors,” he…

SANDRINE’S TOOLS: • PAPER Saunders Waterford 640gms Hot Pressed • BRUSHES Prolene Plus Series 007 size 12, 8, 5, 2 and size 000 • COLOUR Daler Rowney Lemon Yellow, Daler Rowney Permanent Yellow, Daniel Smith New Gamboge, Winsor & Newton Winsor Orange, Winsor & Newton Perylene Violet, Winsor & Newton Winsor Blue Red Shade, Talens Rembrandt Sap Green, Winsor & Newton Titanium White • MAPED PUTTY RUBBER, PLASTIC RUBBER AND PENCIL • SKETCHBOOK WITH CARTRIDGE PAPER • PORCELAIN PALETTE • COTTON CLOTH Afield of sunflowers is the very symbol of summer. Capture a glimpse of the strong, bright yellows, the rich green foliage and you can imagine yourself on holiday in a place where you open the shutters every morning greeted by the warmth of sunshine. In this masterclass I…

Silverpoint is drawing with a piece of silver, or a stylus on to a prepared piece of paper or ground. The touch of metal on the surface of a piece of paper alone will not leave a mark, but once a surface has been prepared you will be able to explore the potential of this beautifully responsive and linear of mediums. Once your primed surface has dried it will provide enough of a tooth to remove tiny amounts of metal as a stylus strokes the paper. It is this remaining metal that creates your mark. However, once a mark has been made on the surface it is difficult to erase, so it’s best to begin to draw so lightly that you can barely see the marks. Once you have done…

Motivation is a difficult subject, it is so personal and varies greatly from artist to artist. Needless to say, there is no perfect regime or guaranteed recipe for productivity, and this is one of the most interesting things about art. Frank Auerbach famously took one day a year off from painting, but eventually he denied himself even this luxury. Meanwhile, Gerhard Richter has said, “I could spend my life arranging things. Weeks go by, and I don’t paint, until finally I can’t stand it any longer.” Nevertheless, it can be helpful to discover what works for other people, and so here are some guidelines – practical and psychological – that have helped me over the years. To be motivated in the studio, you need to be comfortable on your own.…