Features:

• The Artist Award winner in last year's Royal Institute of Oil Painters annual exhibition, Lucy McKie, talks to Susie Hodge
• Charles Williams muses on The Hepworth Wakefield

Practical painting and drawing:

• David Allen demonstrates an autumn scene in pastel
• Follow Ian Sidaway's advice on painting autumn trees as he shares the secrets of his palette
• Jill Leman, the first lady president of the Royal Watercolour Society, presents 16 top tips from other female members
• How to create the illusion of glass objects with Tim Gustard
• Alan Runagall on painting the sea and sky in your marine watercolours
• Be inspired by England's coastline as Chris Forsey shows how to capture it in no more than three colours
• Paul Talbot-Greaves shows how to paint a pumpkin using watercolour in just three steps
• Use gel mediums for creating texture in your acrylic paintings with Soraya French
• Geoff Hunt finds shelter whilst painting watercolours en-plein-air in the rain
• Embrace your mistakes and rework your 'failed' paintings urges Robert Dutton
• Barry Herniman encourages you to try line and demonstrates a scene with sunshine and shadows
• Be inspired to paint in the style of David Blomberg in Glyn Macey's latest feature
• Julie Collins explores the use of a limited palette for still life painting
• How to create a strong focal point - advice from Yael Maimon
• Bob Brandt advises on developing a style of your own

Plus:

• Your views
• The Art World
• Exhibitions
• Opportunities
• PaintersOnline Editor's Choice Award
• Enter this year's Charity Christmas painting competition

All this and more, including your free guide to art courses and holidays for 2018/19, in the November issue of The Artist, out on October 5 - click here to purchase your copy.