Animals
Animals
Painting animals in watercolour with Jake Winkle
Animals and wildlife offer the watercolourist the opportunity to have fun with colour and mark making. Jake Winkle reveals the techniques he uses to obtain different textures and patterns.
How to paint insects in line and wash with Liz Chaderton
Take your first steps in painting with line and wash by painting insects with Liz Chaderton.
How to draw a mountain gorilla using pastel pencils with Martin Aveling
Follow wildlife artist, Martin Aveling, as he draws a mountain gorilla using pastel pencils.
How to Make Quick Lively Sketches of Animals with Gary Geraths
Gary Geraths shares advice for painting quick, lively sketches of animals in the January 2018 issue of Leisure Painter
Animals in motion – paint a tern in flight with Marie Antoniou
Marie Antoniou reveals how she uses bold brushmarks and clean colours to achieve a sense of movement in her abstracted, impressionistic wildlife paintings.
Painting Safari in Kenya with David Shepherd in spring 1967
Leisure Painter launched over 50 years ago in spring 1967. This article taken from that very first issue where David Shepherd, successful painter of wildlife, talks to Joanna Borchard about getting big game on to canvas.