Features:

• Masterclass - Peter Graham finds inspiration in a quintessential English scene
• In Conversation - Susie Hodge talks to Eric Rimmington about his highly detailed still lifes
• Amanda Cooper offers advice on holding an exhibition in your home as part of an Open Studios or Artweeks event
• How can a gallery and artist work together to maximise sales? Mark David Hatwood offers his advice on using social media
• Charles Williams muses on Venice

Practical painting and drawing:

• Hazel Soan shows how to translate the tones you see in your subject to watercolour
• Master skin tones in coloured pencil with Alyona Nickelsen
• Jake Winkle shares the watercolour techniques he uses for painting texture and patterns in animals
• Exercises in line and wash with Paul Weaver
• Richard Suckling shares his enthusiasm for plein-air pastel painting
• Discover the benefits of working with a new medium - advice and demonstration from Cheryl Culver
• Marie Antoniou shows how to use tube black to best effect in your acrylic painting
• Bob Brandt shows how visiting a location time and again can improve your work
• Make the most of window light with Max Hale
• Adele Wagstaff concludes her figure painting series by looking at lower limbs and feet
• Paint a tree in acrylic pencil and walnut with Oliver Lovley

Plus:

• Your views
• The Art World
• Exhibitions
• Opportunities
• Art book reviews
• Retail directory
• Artbox

All this and more in the March issue of The Artist, out on January 26 - click here to purchase your copy.