For you to try this month:

Watercolour:

• Adrienne Parker shows how you can loosen up and enjoy the properties of watercolour
• In the first part of his painting project, Jem Bowden introduces a Cornish beach scene
• Kerry Bennett shows how to draw and paint an eagle owl in part one of her painting project
• Celebrate the Chinese year of the pig as you paint a saddleback with Alison Fennell

Plus:

• Complete your pastel portrait of Poppy the Alsatian with Estelle Robinson
• Judith Heilbronn Crown introduces three coloured pencil techniques; sgraffito, embossing and frottage
• Build your acrylic painting skills with Steve Strode
• After last month's feature on tone, Jem Bowden looks at the role of colour in painting
• Murray Ince shows how to paint snowy landscapes uing water-mixable oils
• How to paint wildlife in acrylics with Jackie Garner
• Anne Kerr continues her pen and ink series looking at trees and foliage
• How to sketch moving animals with Liz Chaderton
• Mike Rollins shows how to inject a sense of drama into a painting of Haworth
• Discover the humble pencil as Linda Birch continues her look at different mediums
• See the work of Hallam Art Group and Tadworth Art Group, runners-up in our Art Club of the Year 2018 competition

And:

• Things to do this month
• Art club news, profiles and exhibition listings
• Exhibitions from around the UK
• Reader's letters
• Paintings from the PaintersOnline gallery

All this and more in the April issue of Leisure Painter - out on February 22, click here to purchase your copy.