Features:

• Masterclass - Peter Burgess continues his series with a look at materials for painting
• Caroline Saunders talks to Caroline de Peyrecave, winner of The Artist Award in last year's Society of Women Artists' exhibition
• Celebrate other artists - motivational tips from Adebanji Alade
• Charles Williams muses on art materials
• How to set up and open your own gallery with advice from Nick Poullis
• Lachlan Goudie describes his experience of painting in Scotland's shipyards

Practical painting and drawing:

• Tips for painting skies from Graham Webber - first in a three-part series
• Charlie Pickard demonstrates how to create a sight-size self-portrait
• Paul Weaver shares his tips on colour choices for painting autumnal scenes in watercolour
• In the final part of his series on perspective, Robert Dutton looks at coastal scenes
• Paint impressionistic interiors with Haidee-Jo Summers
• Hilary Page challenges your approach to complementary colours
• Michele del Campo reports on Winsor & Newton Artists' Oil Colours
• How working with graphite can broaden your mark-making skills with Rob Parker
• Penny German shows how to use negative space to your advantage
• Recognise the subtle colours reflected in white as you paint a wolf with Marie Antoniou
• Catherine Strong shares tips for painting impasto seascapes
• Y is for yellow in Julie Collins' A - Z of colour series

Plus:

• Your views
• The Art World
• Exhibitions
• Opportunities
• Books & DVDs

All this and more in the November issue of The Artist, out on October 6 - click here to purchase your copy.