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:
Part one of a series on silk painting by Tessa Spanton
Penny Robson uses watercolour to paint shoreline plants
Dramatic skies using pastels by John Patchett
Anna Johnston shows how to use a limited palette for botanical painting
Juliette Dodd ends her series on children's portraits with a fantasy picture
Step-by-step painting of a lighthouse in acrylics by Linda Matthews
Judith Milne uses photographs of her garden in phase 1 of her project
Advice on using Golden Heavy Body acrylics by Becky Samuelson
Pauline Hill completes phase 2 of her exotic frangipani flowers
Exploring mixed media with watercolours and pastels by Jenny Keal
Bob Ebdonexperiments with Derwent's re-launched Watercolour Pencils
Get started in oils with Linda Birch's simple tonal studies
Paint holiday memories from your photographs with Fiona Peart
Plus:
Dates for your diary in 'Your Month Starts Here'
Readers' questions answered by the experts
Details and entry form for Leisure Painter's 'Simply the Best'competition
Summer Best Buys - special offers on art materials
Get a feel for the style and level of practical help and inspiration in The Artist, Leisure Painter and Start Art by looking through a great selection of past articles
Inspired by the artists of the Romantic period, David Tress worked on the spot with the materials they would have used, making studies for his mixed-media paintings
