Features:

• Masterclass with Peter Burgess - a new, three-part, series looking at composition
• Be inspired by winners of this year's The Artist Open Competition
• Slow down - motivational tips from Adebanji Alade
• Charles Williams muses - The Horse's Arse

Practical painting and drawing:

• Celebrate the rose with oil paintings by Peter Graham
• Judi Whitton explains how to use opaque media in your watercolours
• Tips from Haidee-Jo Summers on freshening up your oil paintings
• Mike Barr shows how to paint a successful beachscape
• Perspective for buildings and cityscapes with Robert Dutton
• Susie Hodge tries out the new Procolour pencils from Derwent
• In the final part of his watercolour series, Paul Talbot-Greaves urges you to relax and loosen up
• Adel Wagstaff suggests musical instruments as a beautiful subject for still lifes
• Max Hale recommends trying Jackson's ready-prepared linen boards
• How to add different media to your watercolour paintings with Paul Riley
• How to paint edges with Michael Jules Lang
• X is for dangerous colours in Julie Collins' A - Z of colour series
• Advice from Barry Herniman on what to pack for a sketching holiday on foot

Plus:

• Your views
• The Art World
• Exhibitions
• Opportunities
• Books & DVDs

All this and more, plus your FREE 16-page guide to art courses and holidays, in the October issue of The Artist, out on September 8 - click here to purchase your copy.