Celebrate Leisure Painter's 50th Anniversary in 2017!

For you to try this month:

Watercolour:

• Ev Hales explores the nature of watercolour and different papers
• Overcome the problems of painting trees with Amanda Cooper

Pastel:

• Paint interesting and accurate portraits with Martin Ash
• Les Darlow tells you all you need to complete a simple, impressionistic sunset in soft pastel

Plus:

• Draw and paint a wildlife montage with David Bellamy
• Tony Underhill completes his painting project of Mottisford Abbey
• Practice mixing greens for a spring landscape with Jem Bowden
• Anne Kerr introduces a drawing project from a photograph of a Mediterranean town
• First of a four-part series by Tony Paul on painting in acrylics
• Use your largest brush, or even a drinking straw, to loosen up with Wendy Jelbert
• John Mitchell shares exercises and advice for finding your own style
• Experiment in line and colour with Tim Fisher
• Paint a nocturne with Elena Parashko using techniques suitable for both oils and acrylics

And:

• Paint a landscape where the sky is the main focus for this month's anniversary painting competition
• Reader's letters
• Things to do this month
• Reviews of practical art books
• Art club news, profiles and exhibition listings
• Exhibitions from around the UK
• Paintings from the PaintersOnline gallery

All this and more in the June of Leisure Painter - out on April 21, click here to purchase your copy.