For you to try this month:

Watercolour:

• How to paint white daffodils with Julie King
• Rachel McNaughton demonstrates a painting of a vignette of anemones in a vase
• Find inspiration to paint evocative scenes in the first of a new series with Ian Scott Massie
• Paul Hopkinson shows how to draw and paint a garden snail

Plus:

• Colin Steed introduces an architectural subject for this month's painting project
• Complete your Italian piazza scene in line & wash with Tony Underhill
• Chris Pendleton shows how to draw animals using a variety of techniques in graphite
• Learn how to add the finishing touches to your landscapes with advice from Andy Walker
• Tim Fisher shows how to draw interior scenes as he encourages you to improve your sketching skills
• Develop your pastel skills with Rebecca de Mendonça
• Jem Bowden shows how to use your camera as a viewfinder in the first of a new series on landscape composition
• Paint in your garden with inspirational ideas from Amanda Cooper
• Jackie Garner encourages you to paint using anything but brushes
• Celebrate with Search Press as they celebrate their 50th anniversary

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 May issue of Leisure Painter - out on March 20, click here to purchase your copy.