Leisure Painter & The Artist June 2025

Features - Leisure Painter:

• Keeping an experiments' book: David Bellamy discusses the virtues of keeping the results of all his experiments in one place
• Light, mood & atmosphere: Part 1 Tips, tricks and inspiration on how to paint the Great British weather, by Greg Howard
• New product: Andrea Naylor reports on 100-per-cent lightfast Neoart 6901 Wax Oil Pastels by Caran d'Ache
• Spring is here! From first idea to final brushstroke, Colin Steed paints a village scene in watercolour step by step
• First steps in the woods: Follow Denis John-Naylor as he takes us deep in the woods to paint en plein air with oils
• Animal explorations: Part 2 A tiny stonechat is the subject for Chloe Hibberd this month as she explores the use of acrylics
• A season of small things: Spring - Linda Birch discusses methods and media for painting flowers and playing with scale
• Coloured-pencil clinic: Helen Carter delves further into the use of drafting film as she draws a bright-eyed lemur
• Painting project: Part 2 How to paint a colourful still life step by step in acrylics, with Shannon Tiernan
• Drawing project: Conor Smith completes his series on capturing wildlife in detail by preparing to draw an African painted dog from a photograph
• First steps with acrylics: Understand the rule of foreshortening and how to apply it to paintings of daisies, with Alice May

Features - The Artist

• A day in the life of Greta Vilidaite: Sally Bulgin talks to the artist about her life and career as a professional artist
• Painting with light: Caroline Saunders talks to Ann Flynn, winner of The Artist Award in last year's Royal society of Marine Artists' exhibition about how she captures the play of light in coastal scenes and still-life subjects
• Going for gold: Katherine Tyrell shows you how to exhibit botanical art and win a medal
• Learn from the masters: Sarah Edmonds shines a light on lesser-known artworks by artists we know and love. Part 6: Leonardo da Vinci
• Turning professional: Rodney Kingston shares his experience of his first year as a full-time artist
• Ask an artist: Kimberley Keegan offers tips and advice for working artists
• Sea horizons and the unwanted focal point: Mike Barr encourages you to take a minute to think about the horizon next time your embark upon a seascape

Practicals - The Artist

• Watercolour waves and particles: Hazel Soan shares her love for watercolour painting with details of her next watercolour workshop for The Artist readers
• Linocuts - keeping it simple: Keith Tunnicliffe simplifies his approach by turning his attention to swans by the sea for his third of four articles on creating linocuts with impact
• Batik - capturing the world with wax and dyes: Rosil Robinson introduces you to her world of light and colour as she demonstrates a seaside scene using the ancient tradition of Batik painting 
• Painting live: Tushar Sabale explains what a 'live event painter' is and what it takes to be one
• Freedom to paint in the open air: Ingrid Brown shows you how to paint outdoors with confidence
• Drawing for painting: Using the sketch he made last month as a reference, Paul Weaver demonstrates how he completes his watercolour painting back in the studio