Leisure Painter & The Artist April 2025

Features - Leisure Painter:

• Painting project: Part 1 How to plan a painting of a winter snow scene from a photograph, by Colin Steed
• Painting project: Part 2 Take out your acrylics and paint along with Elena Parashko as she produces an atmospheric woodland scene
• Product report: Fountain ink pen artist, Nick Stewart introduces the beauty of painting panoramas in a concertina sketchbook by Hahnemühle
• Icy terrain: Practise essential watercolour techniques to paint a king penguin, with Kerry Bennett
• Develop a sketchbook habit: Part 1 Steve Strode introduces you to the benefits of regular drawing practice
• Simply drawing: Part 1 Develop your drawing techniques using pencil and ink, by Anthony Nield
• Introducing... oils: Paint safely and confidently with traditional and water-mixable oils, by Tim Fisher
• Have sketchbook, will travel: Colin Joyce describes his travels in Ireland, using minimal painting equipment for maximum success
• Take a humble pencil: Part 4 How to create backgrounds that complement your wildlife drawings, with Conor Smith
• Coloured-pencil clinic: How to match colours to your subject; Helen Carter offers tips and techniques each month
• Step into acrylics: Part 2 How to paint a vibrant sunrise over water using a variety of acrylic techniques, by Alice May

Features - The Artist

• A day in the life of Nicholas Poullis: Sally Bulgin talks to the artist about his life and career as a professional artist
• Orchestrating a painting: Caroline Saunders talks to Eileen Curran Chamberlain, winner of The Artist Showcase Award at TALP Open 2024
• It's never too late to become an artist: Mike Barr offers advice to artists who want to improve
• Learn from the masters: Sarah Edmonds shines a light on lesser-known artworks by artists we know and love. Part 4: Charles Rennie Mackintosh
• Turning professional: In part four of his 12-part series documenting his first year as a full-time artist, Rodney Kingston encourages you to paint alongside other artists
• Ask an artist: Kimberley Keegan shares tips and advice for working artists

Practicals - The Artist

• Source material: In the second of three articles, Grahame Booth shows how pencil sketches can bring your subject to life
• A story to tell: In the first of four articles on painting with oils, Tushar Sabale demonstrates a street scene in oils en plein air
• Joy of colour: Barry Freeman shares his passion for colour and the uplifting qualities it inspires within us
• Linocuts: Keith Tunnicliffe opens his four-part series on creating linocuts with impact with a demonstration of Salts Mill in Bradford
• Winter-spaces in Mousehole: Lizzie Black embraces the quiet of her Cornish village in winter to paint en plein air 
• Loosening up: Greta Vilidaite shows you how loose brushwork in oils pays dividends 
• Find the life in your still-life paintings: Julie Dunster finds ways to enliven your still-life work in oils
• In one go: Hashim Akib explores the advantages of one-session painting