In conversation
In conversation
How to Paint Wildlife
Wildlife artist John Threlfall discusses his impressionistic approach to landscape and habitat
Successful Amateur Artist - The Duchess of St. Albans
'I'm not, and never will be a professional - I paint because I love it' says Suzanne, Duchess of St. Albans, in this summer 1968 interview for Leisure Painter with Ruth Miller. The Duchess had two paintings in the Royal Academy in 1967.
Artist Angela Findlay talks to Caroline Saunders
Caroline Saunders talks to Angela Findlay whose collage work suggests hidden narratives amidst layers of broken oil colour.
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