October 2020

For you to try this month:

Watercolour:

• Make the right paper and colour choices to add sparkle and light to your watercolours with Wil Freeborn
• Use masking fluid to paint flowing water in part two of Colin Joyce's painting project
• Discover Jackson's Artist watercolours with Tim Fisher
• Liz Chaderton shares colour-mixing ideas for skin tones

Plus:

• Paint a tropical beach scene at sunset with Elena Parashko
• Build confidence as Shelagh Ashley shows how to draw directly with a pen
• Paint a New York street scene using acrylics and painting knives with Mike Rollins
• Amanda Cooper shows how to capture autumn light in your garden scenes
• Use oil pastels and watercolour to sketch sporting figures with Linda Birch
• Paint a sunlit woodland in oils with DJ
• Anne Kerr shows how to add watercolour, acrylic ink or Inktense to enhance your pastel pencil work
• Jade Williams reports on aids for artists embracing disabilities or illness
• Be inspired by award-winning work from this year's Leisure Painter Open Competition

And:

• Four page pull-out guide to art courses
• Things to do this month
• Exhibitions
• Reviews of the latest practical art books
• Reader's letters
• Paintings from the PaintersOnline gallery

All this and more in the October issue of Leisure Painter - out on September 4