Features:

• Geoff Hunt talks about the largest oil painting he has ever undertaken
• Caroline Sauders discovers how Rachel Fenner creates her semi-abstract landscapes
• Current affairs illustrator, George Butler, discusses the materials he uses for his assignments
• Inspiring words from winners of this year's The Artist Open Competition, and judges reactions
• Cost effective ideas for artists - Katherine Tyrrell explains how to keep on the right side of the tax man
• Susie Hodge reviews David Hockney's current exhibition at the Royal Academy

Practical painting and drawing:

• Painting portraits and figures in watercolour with Jake Winkle
• Haidee-Jo Summers offers advice on recognising when a painting is finished
• Adding figures to your composition with Jo Quigley
• Hannh Ivory Baker tests out Jackson's Artist Oil and Professional Oil Colour
• Express yourself with oil pastels - encouragement from Robert Dutton
• Paul Talbot-Greaves shows how to select, use and care for your watercolour brushes
• Planning colour and tone for a balanced painting with Paul Riley
• In the second part of her series on figure painting, Ann Witheridge looks at basic anatomy
• Add interest to grey skies in the first part of Winston Oh's series on painting watercolour skies
• Soraya French examines red in her series on the primaries
• J is for Joy in Julie Collins' A - Z of colour series
• Niamh Hanlon demonstrates lift-off techniques for reviving your watercolours

Plus:

• Your views
• The Art World
• Exhibitions
• Opportunities
• Art shop directory

All this and much more in the September issue of The Artist, out on August 12 - click here to purchase your copy