For you to try this month:

Watercolour:

• Paint a vase of spring flowers using wet-on-dry and wet-on-wet techniques with Julie King
• Colin Steed shows how to capture the character of an old building fro this month's painting project
• Paint a boat in the water using dry-brush techniques with David Webb
• Rachel McNaughton paints a lively study of a hare
• Paint a spring landscape with Charles Evans
• Steve Strode reports on QoR watercolours

Plus:

• Tim Fisher introduces techniques and ideas for you to try with Prismalo water-soluble pencils from Caran d'Ache
• Paint an atmospheric sunset with Elena Parashko using oils or acrylics
• Develop your coloured pencil skills in part two of a painting project with Judith Heilbronn-Crown
• Linda Birch shows how to paint a seascape in soft pastel and oil pastel
• Try something new with scratchboard tips and techniques from Jenny Dalleywater
• Charles Evans shows how to mix greens and paint a simple tree in acrylics
• Find inspiration for wildlife and nature studies with Michelle Campbell
• Elena Parashko shows how to manipulate two photographs on your computer to prepare them for painting
• Try tinted charcoal pencils to draw a still life with Trudy Friend
• Paul Alcock discusses the joys of plein-air painting competitions

And:

• Reader's letters
• Things to do this month
• Art club news, profiles and exhibition listings
• Practical art books reviewed
• Exhibitions from around the UK
• Paintings from the PaintersOnline gallery
• This month's sketching competition with David Bellamy

All this and more in the May issue of Leisure Painter - out on March 23, click here to purchase your copy.