Leisure Painter & The Artist November 2025

Features - Leisure Painter:

• Leisure Painter Award Winner: Ingrid Lyons talks to Lisa Bruin on how her love of animals has shaped her artistic journey
• Down the allotment: Tim O'Brien extols the virtues of painting allotments and sheds in oil 
• Perfect palettes and watercolour materials: Nicki Saunders explores the effects and applications of luminous pigments within the watercolour media
• Painting holidays and courses: Whether you prefer to build your skills step by step at home or fancy a trip away there is a painting holiday or course that is perfect for you
• The art of arrangement: Part three - The final part of this series from artist Jem Bowden helping you master composition in your paintings 
• Talking shop...: Nina Squire shows us how to take a pastel sketch to a finished drawing using one of her favourite subjects - a shop front
• Pastel bokeh backgrounds: Naomi Jenkin shares his effective technique to enhance your pastel creations
• Coloured-pencil clinic: Helen Carter, this issue, offers advice on the creation of fire and moving flames in coloured pencil
• Atmospheric skies: In part three of this series, Colin Joyce explores the use of colour and texture with oil

Features - The Artist:

• A study in simplification, tonality and composition: Caroline Saunders talks to Christopher Aggs about his passion for landscapes and still life
• A day in the life of Paul Talbot-Greaves: Paul shares his professional insights and top tips for becoming a professional artist with Sally Bulgin
• The road from figurative to abstraction: Barry Freeman discusses his experiences of making a transition from a figurative to an abstract artist
• Sketch a day routine: Alan Bickley shares his sketching routine and talks about how important it is for every artist to sketch regularly
• Learn from the masters: Sarah Edmonds delves into the abstraction of Mark Rothko
• Turning professional: Rodney Kingston shares his stress points and prepares for a well-earned break
• Ask an artist: Kimberley Keegan's tips and advice on running your art business effectively 
• A signature subject: Mike Barr explores the benefits for artists to have, and develop, their own signature subject

Practicals - The Artist:

• Brush with the past: Join Grahame Booth for his trip down memory lane, revisiting and reproducing artworks from when he was a beginner, in this three-part series. This issue he looks at connection.
• Watercolour freed! In the fifth of six articles exploring the potential of watercolours, Catherine Beale this time delves into whip lines and their use for suggesting movement 
• Two Old Soldiers: Barry Herniman revisits two old friends, re-focussing on an autumnal feel using gouache