Leisure Painter December 2023

For you this month:

• Meet the award winners of this year's Leisure Painter Open Art Competition
• Use the dry-brush technique to add sparkle to your watercolours with David Bellamy
• Paint flowers on an Italian windowsill with Veronica Winters
• Marina Bakasova shows how to paint a seagull in six easy-to-follow stages
• Linda Birch takes a seasonal look at life in her village using different media
• Use soft pastels and pastel pencils to create a coastal scene with Nina Squire
• Learn how to draw accurately as Brian Smith explains the rules of perspective
• Be inspired by Klimt as Paul Minter continues his series on oil painting for beginners
• Dr Susan Poole shows how to create woodblock prints with just a handful of tools
• Step outside to paint autumn trees with help from Denis John Naylor
• Rachel McNaughton shows how to paint silver birches in soft pastel
• Try filling your pencil sketches with colour with Colin Steed

And:

• Things to do this month
• Exhibitions
• Latest news and listings from UK art clubs
• Readers letters
• Art book reviews
• Paintings from the PaintersOnline gallery

All this and more in the December issue of Leisure Painter - out on October 20.