Masterclass:

Douglas Gray, winner of The Artist Award at last year's Royal Society of Marine Artists' annual exhibition, reveals his oil painting techniques

In Conversation:

Jeffrey Courtney discusses his work with Caroline Saunders

Practical painting and drawing:

• Geoff Hunt gets to grips with painting lights and darks in watercolour
• Try an abstract approach to flower painting with Soraya French
• Ian Sidaway explains how collage can be auseful way of exploring composition
• Use watercolour to paint market scenes with Paul Weaver
• Lucy Willis shows how to fill your paintings with sunlight and shadows
• David Wiseman shows how he creates complex patterns and textures in his acrylic landscapes
• How we view and translate colour can be used to determine artistic style say Holly Cawte and Ann Witheridge
• Haidee-Jo Summers shows how she develops her on-site references
• Paul Talbot-Greaves reveals his techniques for successful acrylic paintings
• Paint the changing patterns and colours of the sea wth Bob Brandt
• Peter Graham paints plein-air in London
• How to paint watercolour portraits with Catherine Beale
• Robert Dutton shows how burnt sienna can make your paintings glow

Plus:

• Parker Harris show the importance of regular email contact with people interested in your work
• Your views
• The Art World
• Books and DVDs
• Exhibitions
• Opportunities

All this and much more in the August issue of The Artist - click here to purchase