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Leisure Painter & The Artist Magazine

17 March, 2023

Artists & Illustrators

Making the cut

THIS PORTRAIT BEGAN LIFE as a pile of old magazines: pages full of colour, text and typography just waiting to be reimagined. I’ve always loved how collage can transform the ordinary into something co

Artists & Illustrators

Painting the clothed figure

Every painting’s varying subject matter and scale offers us distinct opportunities and challenges. Before I start any project, I like to consider what I want to convey, what opportunities and challeng

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Kathy barker

THIS ARTIST IS A PROFESSIONAL working from her London studio in a mix of oils, charcoals and pastels. In addition to portrait painting, she teaches privately and holds weekly classes, while she has ex

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Wildlife in watercolour

When I came across a gorgeous photo of a red squirrel, I felt the urge to immortalise his cheeky face and create the tactile textures on the tree trunk that the squirrel was hiding behind. The out-of-

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Sketchbook

From rustic barns to Riviera villas, Pablo Picasso’s studios were engines of invention. Picasso: From the Studio at the National Gallery of Ireland, in partnership with Musée national Picasso-Paris, t

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Winter snow

I STRUGGLED INTO MY LAYERS, picked up my light sketching kit and off I went up into the hills behind where I live. I wasn’t the first to arrive; halfway up the hill I could already hear the cries of e

Artists & Illustrators

Making the cut

Artists & Illustrators

Painting the clothed figure

Artists & Illustrators

Kathy barker

Leisure Painter & The Artist

Wildlife in watercolour

Artists & Illustrators

Sketchbook

Artists & Illustrators

Winter snow