The Artist - April 2021

Features:

• Susie Hodge talks to Linda Saul, winner of The Artist Award in the 2020 Royal Watercolour Society Contemporary Watercolour Competition exhibition
• Mike Barr offers advice on being your own best critic
• Marine Costello shares top tips to help you sell your work online

Practical painting and drawing:

• Lotta Camilla Teale shows how to paint shiny objects, such as silver and ceramics, in still lifes
• Discover scumbling and glazing techniques for adding interest to your oil paintings with Alan Bickley
• Learn how to create dramatic landscapes in pastel with Cheryl Culver. Watch a video of Cheryl's work.
• Jake Winkle shows how to bring movement and narrative to your wildlife paintings
• Ann Witheridge considers how to best capture a sitter's expression in the final article of her series
• How to paint trees and woodlands in acrylics with Barry Herniman
• Adele Wagstaff begins a new series on still life by making a tonal study
• Take your gouache to the next level with tips on plein air studies and mixed media from Robert Brindley
• Explore the creative possibilities of oil pastels with Robert Dutton
• Jo W Pickering demonstrates a watercolour portrait using layering and glazing techniques

Plus:

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

All this and more in the April issue of The Artist, out on February 19