Features:

• Swedish wildlife artist Gunnar Tryggmo talks to Susie Hodge about his working practices
• Masterclass with David Curtis, who demonstrates a watercolour painting of London's Victoria station
• Charles Williams muses on patronage

Practical painting and drawing:

• Peter Brown shows how he scales up an oil painting to make an eye-catching centrepiece for an exhibition
• Keep your watercolours fresh with advice from Jake Winkle
• Ann Witheridge advises on flesh tones and values for figure painting
• How to paint cats with Marjolein Kruijt
• Be inspired by Penny German's alla prima oil painting of fresh flowers
• David Parfitt shows how to alter a painting digitally to see how it will look before making any changes
• Learn how to mix colours to show the light effects of particular times of the day with Kelly Medford
• Ian Sidaway helps you choose the right brush for the job, whatever medium you use
• Robert Dutton shows how marker pens can make a valuable contribution to your painting kit
• Follow Catherine Beale's technique of allowing watercolour pigments to run and mix on the support
• M is mixing perfect colours in Julie Collins' A - Z of colour series

Plus:

• Your views
• The Art World
• Exhibitions
• Opportunities
• Christmas gift ideas

All this plus your pull out and keep 2016 index and more in the December issue of The Artist, out on November 4 - click here to purchase your copy.