For you to try this month:

Watercolour:

• Use watercolour to sketch and paint wildlife with Julia Cassels
• Colin Steed introdues a misty coastal scene for this month's painting project
• How to paint the bright colours of central Italy with Colin Joyce
• Brian Smith begins a series on painting figures in watercolour
• Paint snow scenes four ways with Robert Newcombe - from photos, imagination, a sketch or on location

Plus:

• Paint in the style of Van Gogh with Sarah Wimperis
• Matthew Evans shows how to paint flowers and gardens in acrylics
• Paint an acrylic snow scene with Steve Strode
• Jenny Keal shares tips and techniques for painting with pastels
• Linda Birch begins a new series looking at popular media with how to choose and use charcoal
• Learn simple techniques for coloured pencils with Judith Heilbronn-Crown
• Ann Kerr begins a six-month series on drawing with ink
• Tips and techniques for drawing mindfully and regularly with Susan Yeates
• Elena Parashko discusses the challenges she overcame to paint a mural in an observatory on a remote island

And:

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

All this and more in the January issue of Leisure Painter - out on November 30, click here to purchase your copy.