by Cowling & Wilcox | September 10, 2019 | Featured Artists, Interviews
Our latest Featured Artist is Mark Bickley, 42, from Birmingham. From children’s book illustration to comic books and graphic novels, Mark hasexperimented with many different styles, but it’s his new realistic stylethat has currently received the applause...
by Cowling & Wilcox | August 7, 2019 | Featured Artists
Our latest Featured Artist is the brilliant Nichola McCall, 30, who’s based in Cumbria. Nichola creates fantastically detailed pencil drawings with a lifelike quality that we think you’ll love. How did you get started as an artist? I started drawing in...
by Cowling & Wilcox | June 28, 2019 | Featured Artists, Ideas & Inspiration, Interviews, Online Exclusives
Say hello to this week’s Featured Artist Joni Belaruski, 38, based in Clapton, London. Joni uses figurative form of both humans and animals to devilishly blend darkness with light to create strikingly original artworks like no other. Her work varies from...
by Cowling & Wilcox | June 13, 2019 | How To, Tips & Techniques, Tutorials
Learning the correct way to prime your canvas is a simple but crucial skill for artists working with oil or acrylic paints. Priming seals and protects the support, makes the canvas less absorbent, helps the colours stand out and can provide a smoother surface with...
by Cowling & Wilcox | June 11, 2019 | Featured Artists, Interviews
This week’s Featured Artist is Maddie Agnew, 45, from Holmfirth in Huddersfield. Maddie creates beautiful portraits of people and animals in oils and watercolour… How did you get started as an artist? I have immersed myself in everything art, since I was a...
