For you to try this month:

Watercolour:

• Paint the sky and aerial perspectives with Pamela Kay
• Carole Massey shows how to depict the sparkle and movement of water
• Ann Kerr looks at light in the third part of her series of steps to success
• Colin Steed reviews Daler-Rowney's Aquafine mini travel set

Acrylic:

• David White demonstrates the final stage of a landscape painting with the addition of colour

Oil:

• Paint a challenging landscape step-by-step with Elena Parashko in the second part of her painting project
• Hazel Soan demonstrates a still life and shows the importance of composition

Other media:

• Adrienne Parker captures a scene of Venice using mixed media
• For this month's painting project Tony Underhill suggests three possible ways to approach your painting
• Try something different and 'sketch' with textiles following a beginners guide from Barbara Shaw

Plus:

• What to paint in May - Linda Birch shares knife painting and masking techniques this month
• Tony Paul looks at warm reds in his series on understanding colour
• See the winners of the recent Leisure Painter and PaintersOnline self-portrait painting competition
• Tony Paul reviews papers by Canson

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 May issue of Leisure Painter - out on March 24, click here to purchase