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Small winter landscapes by Alan Oliver
Alan Oliver aims to overcome the cold of winter by working on a small scale with his mini watercolour outfit.
How to scale up your work using the grid method
Alan Bickley shows how to scale up your plein air work to produce a larger studio painting of Lichfield Cathedral.
Line and Wash by Alan Oliver
Alan Oliver describes the constituents of line and wash work and recommends the method for producing interesting paintings fairly quickly.
Oil painting with palette knives by Alan Cotton
Alan Cotton explains his approach and working methods of oil painting with palette knives.
A painter's recollections from a 1950s life at sea
Alan Rapkins shares his memories and paintings from a life aboard HMS Modeste in the 1950s.
Paint a country lane fast and loose in watercolour
Pass a winter’s afternoon by completing this loose watercolour landscape with Painters-Online regular, Alan Owen.
How to Paint Wet-in-Wet Watercolours
Alan Oliver shows you how to add energy, colour and depth to your landscape paintings.