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Leisure Painter

In the June 2009 Issue

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June 2009

Price: £3.30 (+P&P)


Publish Date
12 May 2009

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Leisure Painter has been teaching beginners and amateur painters to draw and paint for over 40 years. Top art tutors offer practical step-by-step tuition and easy-to-follow advice on how to draw and paint in a traditional and realistic way.

Included in this month's issue:

  • Wet-in-wet watercolour techniques for beginners by Fiona Peart
  • Pauline Hill introduces a photograph of an exotic flower
  • Combine different media to bring out texture with Joanne Boon Thomas
  • Tim Fisher completes his painting of Horsey Mere wind pump
  • Paint a watercolour of a cherry tree in blossom with Kevin Flood
  • Fast drying acrylics for painting children with Juliette Dodd
  • Neil Watson delves further into drawing techniques
  • Robin Capon interviews botanical artist Susan Ogilvy
  • Why negative space is so important in watercolours by Tony Slater
  • Becky Samuelson  experiments with Golden Open Acrylics
  • Increase confidence painting outdoors; simple rules from David Work
  • Linda Matthews has advice for beginners on using acrylics
  • Boats and Harbours in line and wash with Bryan Thatcher
  • Annelise Pio experiments with new entry level paints from Royal Talens
  • Sarah Adams on the delights of exhibiting in Bayswater Road, London

Plus:

  • Claim a free watercolour pencil from Derwent.
  • All latest on the Patchings Art Craft & Design Festival 2009 (including a preview of some of the exhibitors)
  • Entry form for 'Simply the Best' open competition and exhibition
  • Discounted practical art books in Leisure Painter Bookshop
  • Details of our latest workshop at Knuston Hall with Carole Gray
  • Also Jackson's latest 132 page catalogue full of art products enclosed in this issue

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Combining Art Media for Texture and Effect

Posted: 12 May 2009

Joanne Boon Thomas explains how experimenting with mixed media brings out a variety of effects and textures using the same subject for your painting. See the June 2009 issue of Leisure Painter for the full article.
 


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