For you to try this month:

Watercolour:

• Learn to paint the effects of a range of weather conditions, including fog, rain and sunshine, with Joe Cartwright
• Gwen Scott shows how to paint a flower border with an architectural background
• Learn how to control your watercolour washes with Becky Samuelson

Acrylic:

• Be inspired by Van Gogh and paint sunflowers impasto with Steve Strode
• Follow Joe Hush step-by-step to paint a woodland in spring
• Tony Paul uses Pébéo’s Artist Extrafine and Studio High Viscosity acrylics to paint a beach scene

Pastel:

• Bob Elcock completes his painting project landscape using pastel pencils

Oil:

• Richard Holland introduces a photograph of a waterfall to paint in oil for this month's project
• Learn to simplify the complex plumage of wildfowl with Alan Lewis

Drawing:

• Victoria Parsons shows how to draw a variety of animals using the human skeleton as a foundation
• Use water-soluble pencils to depict children's portraits with Carole Massey

Plus:

• The contestants of the BBC's The Big Painting Challenge share their favourite works from the show
• In part 4 of her series on framing, Anne Kerr shows how to put picture, mount and frame together

And:

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

All this and much more in the July issue of Leisure Painter - click here to purchase