For you to try this month:

Watercolour:

• Jem Bowden introduces a Welsh landscape for this month's painting project
• Create the perfect composition for garden scenes with Julie King
• David Webb describes a simple three-wash process for painting quickly and efficiently outdoors
• Follow Paul Hopkinson to paint a kingfisher study step-by-step

Acrylic:

• Try glazing, sgraffito and wax resist techniques for painting still lifes with Marilyn Scott
• Paul Alcock shows you how to paint an iconic summer beach scene

Pencil:

• Linda Hampson completes her coloured pencil pansies by demonstrating how to create trompe l'oeil effects
• Draw a detailed tree from a black and white photograph with Denis John-Naylor

Oil:

• Learn to capture the colours of summer with Christine Pybus
• Linda Matthews shows how to paint 30-minute oil studies

Plus:

• Tony Paul discusses the properties of two popular warm purples: cobalt violet and permanent magenta
• Seasonal ideas and inspiration from Linda Birch
• Read about Leicester Sketch Club, winner of the 2016 Art Club of the Year competition

And:

• Reader's letters
• Things to do this month
• Reviews of the latest practical art books
• Art club news, profiles and exhibition listings
• Exhibitions from around the UK
• Paintings from the PaintersOnline gallery

All this and much more in the August issue of Leisure Painter - out on July 15, click here to purchase your copy!