Top tips
Advice on submitting to open art competitions and exhibitions
Open competitions and exhibitions attract huge numbers of entries but, as Ian Sidaway advises, there are steps you can take that will increase the chances of your work being accepted and hung.
Top tips for sketching birds
Emma Price shares her top tips for sketching birds en plein air.
How to paint animals and birds in watercolour with Liz Chaderton
Liz Chaderton discusses a variety of techniques and approaches to painting bird and animal textures in watercolour.
Reinventing your art
Eight ideas to kickstart your creativity.
Sky studies with oils by Norman Battershill
Norman Battershill explains the importance of giving time to analysing the state of the sky
Sky studies with oils, part 2, by Norman Battershill
In this second feature, Norman Battershill encourages sources of visual recall and imagination.