Tradition & innovation

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Tradition & innovation

Fountain-pen ink artist, Nick Stewart is enthusiastic to work with Diamin

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Leisure Painter & The Artist Magazine

20 June 2025

Country Homes & Interiors

‘colour and textiles are my heart story, it’s in my blood’

Siân Cornish, expert in natural dyes

Artists & Illustrators

Matty burn ham

AFTER WORKING AS A MENTAL HEALTH NURSE, Matty Burnham took up art during lockdown and is now a successful ink and watercolour illustrator. He is inspired by the local landscapes near his home in Leeds

Period Living

True colours

The unique landscape of Dartmoor is the beautiful canvas that inspires Babs Behan to create exquisite designs with natural dyes from foraged or home-grown plants

Imagine FX

Add colour with traditional feel

Follow along as Eliza Ivanova explains her process for colouring artwork digitally without losing that innate sketchbook charm

Period Living

Antiques journal

PAINTING NOSTALGIA Artist Polly Mabel Nicolaou creates ...

Country Life

Water, water everywhere

With high summer beckoning, John Lewis-Stempel reflects on the incomparable richness of pond life and the rewards of pausing to peer into the murky depths on a warm June afternoon

Country Homes & Interiors

‘colour and textiles are my heart story, it’s in my blood’

Siân Cornish, expert in natural dyes

Artists & Illustrators

Matty burn ham

Period Living

True colours

The unique landscape of Dartmoor is the beautiful canvas that inspires Babs Behan to create exquisite designs with natural dyes from foraged or home-grown plants

Imagine FX

Add colour with traditional feel

Follow along as Eliza Ivanova explains her process for colouring artwork digitally without losing that innate sketchbook charm

Period Living

Antiques journal

PAINTING NOSTALGIA Artist Polly Mabel Nicolaou creates ...

Country Life

Water, water everywhere

With high summer beckoning, John Lewis-Stempel reflects on the incomparable richness of pond life and the rewards of pausing to peer into the murky depths on a warm June afternoon

Tradition & innovation