For you to try this month:

Watercolour:

• Carole Massey shows how to paint still water and reflections
• Use a splattering technique to paint a bluebell wood with Ian Pethers
• Becky Samuelson puts a set of Jackson's Studio synthetic brushes through it's paces
• Tony Paul discusses top-quality watercolour papers from Hahnemühle

Pastel:

• Bob Elcock introduces a white tiger for this month's painting project
• Follow Graham Cox, step-by-step, as he captures a tree in the landscape

Acrylic:

• Tony Hogan demonstrates how to use gesso primer and modelling paste to create impasto effects

Oil:

• Capture fleeting spring light in the landscape with Christine Pybus

Other media:

• Tony Underhill shows three approaches to the same photograph using pen and wash in the second part of his painting project
• Sarah Jane Humphrey takes you through the stages of painting a botanical subject

Plus:

• What to paint in June - Linda Birch encourages the use of different media to paint both detail and the wider picture
• How to make the most of cool reds in your paintings with Tony Paul
• Discover the difference between warm and cool colours for the landscape with Anne Kerr

And:

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

All this and much more in the June issue of Leisure Painter - out on April 22, click here to purchase your copy!