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In Conversation with Artist Ashley Hanson
Oliver Lange talks to artist Ashley Hanson about his coastal paintings
Tips for drawing freehand - how to draw a giraffe
Lucy Swinburne introduces a project challenging readers to try drawing a giraffe freehand from a photograph.
Encajar and sight-size - learn classical drawing techniques
Ann Witheridge examines two classical drawing techniques that are being revived within the atelier schools.
Paint Your Own Watercolour Christmas Cards
Use watercolours to paint your own personalised festive greetings cards.
How to Draw and Paint a Pelargonium in Watercolour
Michael Lakin shows how to paint a botanically accurate watercolour of a beautiful pelargonium.
Painting the Four Gentlemen - an introduction to Chinese brush painting
Maggie Cross introduces Chinese brush painting techniques to paint The Four Gentlemen - plum blossom, bamboo, orchid and chrysanthemum.
Paint expressive oil portraits
Expressive portraits are anything but a simple recording of a likeness, says Andrew James, ‘they are a fusion of skill and conviction – they display a richness of heightened sensations’ Follow Andrew's oil portrait painting demonstration…
Sketching at Dungeness with coloured pencils
Lynette Farley captures a morning at Dungeness with a sketchbook and coloured pencils.
Be inspired to paint your own garden using acrylics with Mariusz Kaldowski
Mariusz Kaldowski tells of his passion for painting green spaces and gardens, and how his own garden has become a source of much inspiration
How to paint lifelike portraits of children in pastel
Rebecca de Mendonça offers top tips for creating life and energy in pastel paintings of children.
How to Paint a Simple Landscape - Introduction to Watercolour Painting Part 6
In the final part of the series introducing watercolour painting for the beginner, follow a step-by-step demonstration to paint a simple watercolour landscape. The feature includes all the colour mixing advice you need to complete the…