Masterclass:

Michele Del Campo talks about his latest series of narrative paintings

In Conversation:

Roger St Barbe explains to Caroline Saunders how he combines watercolour and aquatint with the traditional etching process

Practical painting and drawing:

• Use Kelly Medford's exercises to improve your plein-air paintings
• Glyn Macey demonstrates a busy street scene for this month's 60-minute acrylic challenge. See reader's versions of the challenges here.
• Robert Dutton explains why ink is so versatile in the final part of his series looking at black and white
• Use soft pastels for alla prima painting with Kevin Scully
• Improve your oil painting with a new series from Martin Kinnear - this month Martin looks at special light effects
• Tackle values and colours within the general shapes of your scene with Paul Talbot-Greaves. Plus a new exercise to follow.
• Judi Whitton offers advice for mark-making in watercolour
• Ian Sidaway tests out Winsor & Newton's new Pigment Markers
• 'D' is for dark in Julie Collins' A-Z of colour
• Richard Pikesley concludes his plein-air reference gathering adventures
• The musings of a professional artist - Charles Williams begins a new series looking at the ups and downs of being a professional artist
• Stephen King describes his oil painting process and the subjects that inspire him
• Joe Simpson paints Michael Sheen in character in a role he has never played, but has always dreamed of doing
• Robert Dutton looks at Nitram charcoals
• Katherine Tyrell shares cost-effective ideas for exhibiting

Plus:

• Call for entries to our 2016 Open Art Competition
• Art Club of the Year 2016
• Your views
• The Art World
• Exhibitions
• Opportunities

All this and much more in the April issue of The Artist - out on February 26, click here to purchase