For you to try this month:

Watercolour:

• Paint poppies in watercolour with Alison Fennell
• Richard Nichols shows ow to use watercolour to paint the colours and textures of animals
• Build your tonal awareness and paint a simple boat with Becky Samuelson

Oil:

• Tim Fisher shows how to paint scenes from heritage railway sites

Acrylic:

• Learn to capture sparkling sunlight when painting garden scenes in acrylic and oil with Kevin Flood
• Elena Parashko shares methods for creating texture in your acrylic paintings

Pencil:

• Create a bouquet of flowers on dark background using coloured pencils with Veronica Winters
• Follow Trudy Friend and learn to draw with a brush to create fine detail
• Build confidence in drawing animals with Victoria Parsons

Plus:

• Heather Gail Harman discusses tinted supports and techniques for pastel portraits
• Complete Tony Underhill's painting project of a simplified holiday photograph
• Steve Strode paints a sunset using complementary and contrasting colours
• Use treasured bjects and holiday finds to make creative still lifes with Wendy Jelbert
• Linda Birch shows how to make lively sketches at a village fair

And:

• Reader's letters
• Things to do this month
• Reviews of the latest practical art books and DVDs
• Art club news, profiles and exhibition listings
• Exhibitions from around the UK
• PaintersOnline gallery choices for this month

All this and much more in the August issue of Leisure Painter - click here to purchase