Features:

• Roger Dellar describes the role of artist-in-residence
• In Conversation - Felix Rowe talks to Jonathan Chapman about his Hopperesque landscapes
• Mark David Hatwood explains how to reach potential buyers by working with suitable partners

Practical painting and drawing:

• Hazel Soan describes methods for conserving the white paper to craete light and shade in your watercolour paintings
• Paint a harbour scene with Jenny Aitken
• Graham Webber begins a three-part series for oil painters with a look at primers and grounds
• Adopt a new approach to drawing with advice from Robert Dutton
• Ian Sidaway demonstrates how to paint a self portrait in watercolour
• Paint a still life using Caran d'Ache Luminance 6901 coloured pencils with Liz Sewrad
• Geoff Hunt begins a new series in which he documents the results of his plein air painting trips
• How to paint from a photograph with Kevin Scully
• Ruth Buchanan describes the differences in animals' feet and shows how to depict them in your drawings and paintings
• Paint colourful boats in three parts with Paul Talbot-Greaves
• Paul Riley offers practical tips for painting buildings in the landscape
• Paint expressive acrylic landscapes with Marie Antoniou

Plus:

• Your views
• The Art World
• Opportunities
• Exhibitions
• Art books
• This month's PaintersOnline Editor's Choice Award

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