In conversation
Sir Cedric Morris, flower painter and naturalist
No sentimentality, but merciless accuracy is the motif of Sir Cedric’s flower paintings; Jasmine Rose-Innes reports.
Paint a Hampshire farm with Edward Wesson and Steve Hall
2013 marked the 30th anniversary of the death of Edward Wesson, probably one of the most influential teachers of watercolour painting of his time. Steve Hall reveals what made the man so special in this month’s issue of The Artist. Follow…
Artist Wilfred Fairclough at Work
Wilfred Fairclough, R.E., R.W.S., Principal of Kingston College of Art, takes you through the various stages of a watercolour, up to the finished painting in this feature taken from the Spring 1969 issue of Leisure Painter
Doug Eaton talks to Susie Hodge
Artist Doug Eaton describes his acrylic landscape paintings as a ‘series of extremes’ as he talks to Susie Hodge
Lowry talks to Leisure Painter
In this issue of Leisure Painter from spring 1968, L.S. Lowry R.A, painter of the Lancashire scene, talks to Frank Dowling with photographs by Maurice Rowe.
Caroline Saunders talks to artist Rex Preston
Simplified almost to abstraction, Rex Preston’s oil paintings capture the true essence of the landscape, as Caroline Saunders finds out