For you to try this month:

Watercolour:

• Learn to paint green foliage, landscapes, buildings, figures and water with Tim Fisher
• Alison Fennell shows you how to paint a portrait of a ginger cat
• Paint a watercolour landscape in an hour with Colin Steed
• Paul Giddens shares insights into the latest innovations in watercolours

Coloured pencils:

• Tim Fisher reports on the top-quality Supracolor water-soluble pencils from Caran d'Ache
• Try a variety of mark-making techniques to draw animals with Trudy Friend
• Use coloured pencils to produce painterly artworks of yellow lilies with Linda Hampson

Pastel:

• Les Darlow shows how to use Mi-Teintes Touch pastel paper to produce a pastel painting over acrylic
• Bob Elcock introduces a photograph of a leopard for you to produce a portrait using pastel pencils in this month's painting project
• Build your pastel skills with Helen Simpson by taking time on smaller studies

Other media:

• Draw and paint leaves with botanical precision following advice from Christabel King
• Anthony Nield shows, step-by-step, how to produce an ink drawing of a pine
• Tony Paul discusses the materials and preparations needed to start using water-mixable oils

Plus:

• Judith Milne encourages painting your own greetings cards
• Steve Strode discusses the set-up and colours needed to paint a self-portrait - perfect for our latest painting competition!
• Try something different with an introduction to airbrushing with Giorgio Uccellini

And:

• Reader's letters
• Your free guide to art courses and holidays
• 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 October issue of Leisure Painter - Out on September 14, click here to purchase