June 2021

For you to try this month:

• Julie King completes her painting of spring flowers in watercolour
• Stephen Coates introduces this month’s painting from a photograph and explains how to work up a strong composition
• Learn to paint faster and looser, placing shadows and fleeting moments confidently and quickly, with Andy Walker
• Paint the different textures of a still life of bread, fruit and cheese, with Jackie Garner
• Explore line-and-wash techniques by drawing and painting a more complicated scene of buildings with Milly England
• Liz Chaderton demonstrates how to paint a horse’s head in watercolour
• Kerry Bennett uses a variety of watercolour techniques to produce a delicate interpretation of spring blossom, then paint pink cherry blossom against a bright blue sky, using oils or acrylics, with Valérie Pirlot
• Katie Putt shares nine easy exercises to help you paint more effectively in watercolour
• Paint a seascape and cliffs using a limited acrylic palette with Tony Hogan
• Murray Ince shows how to paint the character and colours of an old Italian alleyway in water-mixable oils

And:

• Things to do this month
• Exhibitions
• Reader's letters
• Reviews of the latest practical art books
• Paintings from the PaintersOnline gallery

All this and more in the June issue of Leisure Painter - out on April 16