Features:

• Charles Jamieson tells Caroline Saunders how his imaginative paintings take form
• Charles Williams considers the value of storing your unsold and unresolved work
• Leicester Sketch Club - winner of this year's Art Club of the Year competition

Practical painting and drawing:

• The art of daily painting with Penny German
• Glen Scouller advises on papers and sketchbooks for watercolour sketching
• All you need to know about perspective with Jo Quigley, plus a street scene demonstration to follow
• Ian Sidaway demonstrates simple watercolour techniques
• How to acheive strong and dynamic paintings with Robert Dutton
• Laura Reiter explains her semi-abstract still life paintings
• The value of sketching with David Parfitt
• Soraya French looks at yellow in the first of her three-part series on the primaries
• Oil painting tips and demonstration from Adebanji Alade
• Ann Witheridge begins a six-part series with advice on working from life and choosing your model
• I is for Intensity in Julie Collins' A - Z of colour series
• David Poxon demonstrates a painting in pure watercolour
• How to limit your losses when creating prints of your artwork with Katherine Tyrrell
• Max Hale tests out Talen's Cobra water-mixable oils

Plus:

• Your views
• The Art World
• Exhibitions
• Opportunities

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