The Artist’s Magazine July/August 2017

This digital edition of The Artist’s Magazine July/August 2017 is available as an instant PDF download. Open it on your favorite reading device and explore a full issue of practical art instruction, artist profiles, and competition highlights, including watercolor painting and oil painting techniques.

Inside, you will find guidance on watercolor values, drying oils, and “oiling out,” along with features on collecting art, painting still lifes, illustrating cookbooks, and the working methods of contemporary artists. The issue also presents the nine winners of the All Media Competition.

No physical copy is shipped. After purchase, you can access the file immediately and read it on compatible apps.

Book Overview

Published by F+W Media, Inc. and edited by Maureen Bloomfield, The Artist’s Magazine July/August 2017 is the 34th volume, 6th number of the long-running art publication. It is written for practicing artists, illustrators, art students, and art enthusiasts who want a mix of instruction, inspiration, and news from the art world.

The issue is organized around columns such as Letter, Perspective, The Artist’s Life, Drawing Board, Brushing Up, Ask the Experts, Exhibitions, Road Test, and Competition Spotlight. Feature articles cover an artist’s personal collection, Leslie Shiels’s still-life paintings, Bruce Erikson’s classical tableaux, cookbook illustration, an interview with Caldecott-winning illustrator Eric Rohmann, and the winners of the All Media Competition.

What You’ll Discover Inside

• How to determine values in watercolor.
• What drying oils and “oiling out” mean for oil painters.
• The story of Jerry N. Weiss’s art collection, built through gifts, purchases, and trades.
• Leslie Shiels’s lush, painterly still lifes that meditate on mortality.
• Bruce Erikson’s imaginative works that combine classical motifs with contemporary figures.
• How Mollie Katzen, David Meldrum, John Burgoyne, and Robin Ha illustrate the art of the cookbook.
• The nine winners of the All Media Competition, working in watercolor, oil, acrylic, pastel, graphite/charcoal, colored pencil, digital, and mixed media.

Why This Book Matters

The July/August 2017 issue arrives at a significant cultural moment: it marks the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen’s death, and the magazine looks at Cassandra Austen’s rare watercolor portrait of her sister, now at the National Portrait Gallery in London. The issue also includes an interview with Caldecott-winning illustrator Eric Rohmann, offering insight into how an accomplished picture-book artist experiments to find the right technique for a story.

For artists, the issue provides practical guidance on materials and techniques while profiling a wide range of artistic approaches. For collectors and enthusiasts, it shows how art can be accumulated through gifts, purchases, and trades, and how historical and contemporary themes can meet on canvas.

Book Details

Device Compatibility

This is a digital download, so there is no physical shipping. You will receive access to the PDF after purchase, and you can read it on compatible devices such as Kindle apps, tablets, desktop computers, mobile phones, or other PDF reading applications.

FAQ

How do I receive my file?
After your purchase, the PDF is available for immediate download from your account.

Will I receive a physical magazine?
No. This is a digital edition only, and no physical copy will be shipped.

What devices can I use?
The PDF works with Kindle apps, tablets, desktop readers, and mobile PDF apps.

Download The Artist’s Magazine July/August 2017 today to read this issue at your own pace.