Features:

• Caroline Saunders talks to Mark Entwisle about his unfinished but not incomplete watercolours
• Alan Bickley shares his thoughts on plein-air sketching and his go-to materials
• Sarah Edmonds explores the power of authenticity , and discovers that allowing your work to speak for itself will instil loyalty in your customers
• Mike Barr encourages you to use artistic licence to set your imagination free

Practical painting and drawing:

• Andrew Field demonstrates how to prepare your support for optimum results
• In the first of her three-part series on painting seasonal flowers in oils, Helen Tarr celebrates the dandelion alla prima
• Grahame Booth focuses on trees as he continues his series on simplifying your subject
• Peter Keegan stresses the importance of tonal values as he begins a new series on portraiture in oils
• John Hoar uses the unpredictability of a homemade pen to paint a coastal scene in pen, ink and watercolour
• Paul Talbot-Greaves shows you how to achieve realistic-looking shadows
• Angie Spencer shares her portable studio with us as she embarks on a plein-air painting trip on her e-bike
• Kevin Scully shows you how to create your own concertina sketchbook
• Lisa House demonstrates how she combines landscape with still life to create her narrative mixed-media paintings

Plus:

• The Art World
• Your views
• Exhibitions
• Opportunites
• Book reviews
• This month's Painters Online Editor's Choice

All this and more in the June issue of The Artist, out on April 19 - click here to purchase your copy.