Features:

• Anthony Yates, The Artist Award winner in last year's Royal Society of British Artists annual exhibition, talks to Caroline Saunders
• Charles Williams muses on the rules of painting

Practical painting and drawing:

• Amanda Hyatt concludes her series with confidence-building tips for plein-air painting
• How to choose the best format for your subject matter - Yael Maimon begins a new series on composition
• Adding a dip pen for fine details when painting en-plein-air - Geoff Hunt shares his results
• Aldo Balding demonstrates a full length portrait and advises on measuring techniques
• Capture the essence of Venice in watercolour with Robert Brindley
• Paul Talbot-Greaves shows how to add figures to beach scenes in three easy steps
• Be inspired to paint in the style of Christopher Wood with Glyn Macey's latest article
• Jenny Wheatley explains why returning to the same location time and again adds interest to her paintings
• The first of two articles from Ian Sidaway on his plein-air painting practices
• Alyona Nickelsen puts Derwent's Procolour coloured pencils through their paces
• How to work with fluid washes of acrylic on a gessoed canvas support with Barry Herniman (win one of Barry's Cloverleaf palettes in our latest question-based competition)
• Julie Collins advises on colours and colour combinations for painting skies
• How to create a successful comission from poorly composed photographs with Bill Truslove
• Martin Kinnear takes another step towards changing his painting style with a little help from Cezanne

Plus:

• Your views
• The Art World
• Exhibitions
• Opportunities
• PaintersOnline Editor's Choice Award

All this and more in the September issue of The Artist, out on August 10 - click here to purchase your copy.