Features:

• Susie Hodge talks to John Walsom, winner of The Artist Award in annual Royal Institute of Oil Painters' exhibition
• Marine Costello advises on the best channels to promote yourself as an artist

Practical painting and drawing:

• Alan Bickley discusses the techniques you will need to develop your oil painting skills
• Learn how to create a textured surface to increase the interest in your painting with Robert Brindley
• Jake Winkle explains the importance of revealing the negative shapes in watercolour painting
• Learn how to paint clothes to enhance your portrait painting with Ann Witheridge
• Mike Barr reveals the secrets of loosening up
• Learn how to create narrative by adding animals to your work with Steve Griggs
• Paul Riley shares his personal thought processes for painting watercolour still lifes
• Discover subtractive techniques for drawing and painting with Robert Dutton
• Barry Herniman continues his landscape painting series with a focus on rivers and streams
• Add a touch of originality to your still lifes with Marie Antoniou

Plus:

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

All this and more in the March issue of The Artist, out on January 22