For you this month:

• Bring life and interest to your watercolour snow scenes with top tips from David Bellamy
• Learn about the painting life of Romila Datta, winner of this year's Leisure Painter Award in our TALP Open Art Competition
• Practise the techniques needed to paint skies and landscapes with part one of Colin Steed's painting project
• Follow Tony Underhill to paint a building in line and wash
• Learn more about acrylic techniques and colours with Mike Rollins
• Discover ten top tips for taking your artwork to the next level with Elena Parashko
• Liz Chaderton shows how to paint portraits using fast and loose watercolour techniques
• Try something different as wildlife artist, Conor Smith introduces you to scratchboard
• Learn how to work with unusual sketching media en-plein-air with Tony Hogan
• Use soft pastels to craete a dramatic Lake District landscape with Greg Howard
• Create a snow scene from a summer photo using water-mixable oils with the late Murray Ince
• Brian Smith shares creative ideas and techniques for filling your sketchbook with scenes of cafes, waiting rooms and markets
• Follow Richard Holland as he demonstrates a canal scene in oils from plein-air sketch to studio painting

And:

• Things to do this month
• Latest news and listings from UK art clubs
• Art book reviews
• Paintings from the Painters Online gallery

All this and more in the February issue of Leisure Painter - out on December 15, click here to purchase your copy.