Features:

• In Conversation - Susie Hodge talks to Liza Krügermeier about her approach to vivid colour
• Mark David Hatwood explains why regukar e-newsletters are important and how to make them work for you

Practical painting and drawing:

• Haidee-Jo Summers shares her top tips for painting in the garden
• Sketching on the go with James Willis
• Jenny Aitken shows how to capture the power of crashing waves
• Painting bluebells en-plein-air in oil with Martin Taylor
• Hazel Soan urges you to watch paint dry as she looks at ways of controlling your brushwork
• Top advice from Graham Webber on varnishing your oil paintings
• Geoff Hunt has trouble with the tides as he heads for the coast
• Working from different source materials for animal painting with Ruth Buchanan
• Amanda Hyatt demonstrates how to make faces more interesting to enliven your figure painting
• Choosing a colour palette for landscape painting with Martin Kinnear
• Paul Talbot-Greaves shows how to paint an everyday scene in three simple steps
• Discover water-mixable oils with Max Hale
• Make your dreams come true in paint with Jean Haines and enter her painting competition too

Plus:

• The Art World
• Opportunities
• Exhibitions
• Art Books
• This month's PaintersOnline Editor's Choice Award

All this and more in the June issue of The Artist, out on April 18 - click here to purchase your copy.