Contents:

THE WORLD
Art Prize
Challenge
All the Prize Winners in our International Artist magazine Challenge No 48 People and Figures

WORKSHOP
Professional
Your emotions determine your actions by Graeme Smith

THE WORLD
Call for Entries
Entry form for International Artist magazine’s Challenge No 50 Flowers & Gardens
Now you can enter using digital printouts and online!

USA
The Art of the Portrait
Portrait News and Notes by Gordon Wetmore
An interview with master portrait artist Anthony Ryder
Portrait Society of America's Awards of Exceptional Merit by Lauren Harris
Scott Burdick Demonstrates

USA
Interview
We talk to Gordon Wetmore about his motivation for creating a unique new DVD

Technique
Pastels. Stop Searching and Start Painting

In Part Five of his series, Master Artist Daniel Greene reveals his world famous method for organizing, finding and using particular pastel colors

watercolor
Patience, planning and practice
Ian Ramsay's best work is usually accomplished after much thought and patience has been given to his chosen subject. He likes to refer to this period of time as ‘marinating’.

watercolor
The Secret of the Inner Glow
An accidental discovery while trying to fix a failed watercolor became a eureka moment for Eric Michaels

USA
Oil
Pursuing an Artist's Life Behind the Easel
Part 7 - Figures in the Landscape
An 8 part series that takes you into the world of the art student
by Warren Chang

CANADA
Watercolour
Tapping into a precious heritage
Yanqun Xue remains deeply influenced by his heritage and his early years in art, developing his techniques within proximity to his memories of the past

Watercolour
Props banish the Creative Block
With a successful career as a professional medical illustrator behind her, Jean Miller Harding has no problems when it comes to fleshing out the bones of her real life subjects

UNITED KINGDOM
Oil
Watercolour Coast
Recording the disappearing wooden boats of Norfolk has become something of a mission for Andrew Dibben

Oil
Unlocking a door to creativity
Sandra Nicholl reveals her skeleton keys for gaining entry into a world of wonder and enlightenment workshop

Pastel
Harley Brown's fascinating things no one else will tell you
Part 38: Things that work by Harley Brown

WORKSHOP
Discovering Art
The Making of an Artist
Part 21: ‘Simplifying Complex Forms’ and ‘Imprimatura Technique’
by Barry John Raybould

AUSTRALIA
Oil
Plein Air Painting
Take quick mental notes
Kasey Sealy explains why you should prepare your mind and your materials before applying paint to canvas

DEPARTMENTS
1 - Letter from the Publisher
26 - NEW 2009 Painting Vacation Workshops
128 - How to Subscribe
143 - Art Materials & Instruction Locator
144 - Classifieds