Features:

• Caroline Saunders talks to Royal Academician Bill Jacklin about his large-scale oils and how he’s inspired by the streets of New York City
• Josephine Neil of The Windrush Gallery talks to David Curtis VPRSMA, ROI about his working methods and approach to watercolour painting, ahead of his forthcoming exhibition
• Steve Griggs reveals how his dream of becoming a full-time watercolour artist could not have been realised without the help of his wife and trusted business partner, Sue
• Sarah Edmonds talks to printmaker Rod Nelson to discover what fine artists can learn from printmakers for whom digital art forms part of their practice
• See the winners of the monthly challenges we set throughout 2021 to celebrate our 90th year
• Mike Barr extols the benefits of painting en plein air – it’s infectious and it will improve your skills

Practical painting and drawing:

• Paul Riley looks at how literature, poetry, philosophy and religion can fire the imagination
• Robert Brindley demonstrates a harbour scene with moored boats in gouache
• Paint lakes, rivers and waterfalls with Paul Weaver as he demonstrates how to capture the effect of still and moving water in watercolour
• Catherine Ingleby shares her tips and advice for painting successful animal portrait commissions, as she demonstrates a characterful portrait of a dog
• Be inspired by Lizzie Black to paint a still-life set-up on your garden table, in oils
• In the first of two articles, Alan Bickley explains how best to capture skies when painting with oils
• Pastellist Felicity House shares her approach to painting interior scenes
• Becky Thorley-Fox compares the differences between oils and watercolours for painting garden birds
• Julie Collins takes a deep dive into watercolour materials
• Barry Herniman reveals how the Fude bent nib pen has enabled him to take his work to another level

Plus:

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

All this and more in the June issue of The Artist, out on April 15 - click here to purchase your copy.