Features:

• Collette Clegg, winner of The Artist Award in the 2020 David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation Wildlife Artist of the Year Competition talks to Susie Hodge
• Mike Barr explains why the colours of shadows are rarely just darker versions of the areas not in shadow
• Sarah Edmonds looks at the discipline of keeping a sketchbook and why it’s an important ritual in the first of a new series about the artist’s practice
• Penny Harris looks at what funding is available to artists, and how to apply for it
• Art collecting in a time of coronavirus – Sally Middleton offers a personal view

Practical painting and drawing:

• Judith Yates demonstrates how she creates her impressionistic landscapes in acrylic
• Follow how Francesco Fontana painted a portrait of a grandmother and her granddaughter
• Helen Tarr demonstrates a lively painting of roses in oils
• Paul Talbot-Greaves’ new series unlocks the secrets behind creating better paintings.
• Liz Seward shows to paint lively spring landscape using coloured pencils on a liquid acrylic base
• Amanda Hyatt shares ten top tips for using acrylics like watercolour as she demonstrates an interior scene
• Follow Sarah Manolescue as she demonstrates a plein-air landscape of a riverside scene in oil
• Paint a still life in oils with Adele Wagstaff

Plus:

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

All this and more in the June issue of The Artist, out on April 16