Features:

• Olwyn Bowey RA talks to Caroline Saunders about her complex still lifes and pared-down landscapes
• Learn to interpret sky blues with Mike Barr
• Sarah Edmonds looks at how to fit your art around your life and stay motivated
• Penny Harris shares her knowledge of establishing and managing successful artist-gallery relationships

Practical painting and drawing:

• Hazel Soan shares her approach to painting figures and wildlife in the first of a new three-part series
• Learn to add drama to your acrylic seascapes with advice from Judith Yates
• Paul Riley tests the new watercolour papers from Hahnemühle’s The Collection range.
• Discover the importance of an initial drawing when capturing a likeness in portraiture with Paul Talbot-Greaves
• Ian Sidaway rediscovers the joys of coloured pencils
• Be inspired by Paul Weaver as he demonstrates a vibrant floral arrangement in watercolour
• Ann Blockley encourages a reconnection with nature using found materials and traditional painting media
• Get back to basics as Tom Cringle suggests drawing and sketching exercises to get you warmed-up
• Winston Oh shares top tips and techniques for painting from photographs

Plus:

• The Art World
• Your views
• Exhibitions
• Opportunities
• This month's PaintersOnline Editor's Choice Award

All this and more in the July issue of The Artist, out on May 14 - click here to purchase your copy.