Features:

• Caroline Saunders talks to Royal Academician Fred Cuming about his sensitive and poetic landscapes
• Journey into greens with Mike Barr
• Sarah Edmonds considers what it takes to become a professional artist

Practical painting and drawing:

• Lydia Bauman experiments with a variety of unconventional materials and mixed-media techniques
• Take your watercolours on the road with plein air advice from Richard Bond
• Hazel Soan explains how to paint figures and wildlife in their settings
• Capture the mood and atmosphere of a busy harbour scene using collage and mixed-media with Mike Bernard
• Sandra Corpora demonstrates a lily pond using oils
• Consider shapes in your still-life setups with Paul Talbot-Greaves
• Be inspired to paint a contemporary photorealist still life with Kate Brinkworth
• Carole Baker encourages you to keep your own sketchbook reference library
• Loosen up by painting micro landscapes with Tom Cringle
• Winston Oh recommends simple wet-in-wet techniques for watercolour skies

Plus:

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

All this and more in the summer issue of The Artist, out on June 11 - click here to purchase your copy.