Best Art & Illustration Newsletters in 2026

ARTHUR KWON LEE

Excellent

ARTHURKWONLEE.COM

Growing fast with a highly engaged audience

The Art of Sack

Excellent

The satirical cartoons and oddball art of Steve Sack

Growing fast with a highly engaged audience

thediaryofanadultteenager

Excellent

Reflections on corporate life, friendships, relationships and navigating your 20s as a black woman

Growing fast with a highly engaged audience

EKO LOVES YOU

Strong

TRUTH SHINES THRU STORY

Frequent updates that readers actually engage with

Nobi's Asian Muscle Collection

Strong

イケメンマッチョの筋肉美を配信します / Exclusive content restricted on social media is available here.Experience the true beauty of the Asian physique.

Concise updates, quick reads, no fluff

Open Windows- Ann Telnaes

Excellent

Ann Telnaes- Artist, visual storyteller, creator of "Open Windows"

Weekly writing with a loyal readership

Artist in Progress Club by Milena Milak

Strong

Join a community of artists and grow your skills. Get monthly process videos, guides, and live draw-alongs, guided by a recovering perfectionist who understands self-doubt and those days when progress feels almost invisible

Gaining readers quickly, one to watch

Drawing a Blank

Strong

A weekly deep dive about making books for kids, from author-illustrator Jacob Souva. Practical tips and encouragement for illustrators, authors, and makers. Inspiration for getting better at <waves at everything> this together.

Growing fast with a highly engaged audience

An Artist's Life

Strong

sharing bits of my life as an artist

Occasional but worthwhile, quality over quantity

Kal Draws The Line

Strong

Satiric scribbles from the award winning cartoonist for The Economist (47 years) and The Baltimore Sun (31 years). Kal shares fun sketches and insights from his colorful career.

Concise updates, quick reads, no fluff

Seasalt and Serpentine

Strong

Dispatches coming to you from the wilds of the Lizard Peninsula. Expect news and announcements on illustration projects, exhibitions and courses and tips and advice on sketching practice and process.

Occasional but worthwhile, quality over quantity

The Celtic Creatives

Strong

Dreaming Celtic Spirituality into Contemporary Life.

Growing fast with a highly engaged audience