For you to try this month:

Watercolour:

• Julie King demonstrates a still life of a jug full of fresh spring flowers
• Join Colin Steed as he shows how to paint buildings in the landscape
• Learn how to paint animals and birds using loose layers of watercolour with Chris Pendleton
• Paul Hopkinson completes his painting of a garden snail
• How to add interest to your watercolour landscapes - advice from Ian Scott Massie
• Linda Birch shows how to draw with colour

Plus:

• Ann Kerr introduces a photograph for a pastel painting project
• Develop your acrylic sketching skills with Tim Fisher
• Valérie Pirlot shows how to paint intimate interior scenes
• Follow Amanda Cooper as she uses yellow and it's complementary colours in her garden paintings
• Learn to paint water in pastel with Rebecca de Mendonça
• Try something different with Lana Arkhi and turn plain porcelain plates into decorative objects
• Jackie Garner takes you through the creative world of acrylic mediums
• Winner of the People's Choice Award for the Sketch for Survival touring exhibition, Sue Sidley, talks to Leisure Painter

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
• Reader's letters
• Paintings from the PaintersOnline gallery

All this and more in the June issue of Leisure Painter - out on April 17, click here to purchase your copy.