Features:

• Masterclass - Roger de Muth talks about his journey from professional illustrator to full-time artist
• Mark David Hatwood advises on packing couriers and insurance to ensure your work arrives safely at its destination

Practical painting and drawing:

• How to achieve light, spontaneity and atmosphere in your watercolours with David Taylor
• Sheila Goodman zooms-in on the landscape, concentrating on colours, patterns and textures using soft pastels
• Create depth in your landscapes with Jenny Aitken
• Martin Kinnear explains how to manage colour for visual design purposes
• How to paint a backlit treescape in acrylics with Carole Baker
• Ian Sidaway describes how Provence inspired a set of paintings for the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours exhibition
• Hazel Soan concludes her series on brushstrokes
• Methods for developing successful compositions for animal painting with Ruth Buchanan
• Advice from Robert Dutton on how to avoid overworking
• Paul Talbot-Greaves demonstrates a rose in watercolour, in five easy stages
• How to paint street scenes with Jake Winkle
• Geoff Hunt paints by the riverside
• How to make the right choices for your painting with Judi Whitton
• The Art of Trees - we highlight the work of Bedgebury Pinetum Florilegium Society

Plus:

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

All this and more in the July issue of The Artist, out on May 17.