Top tips
Top tips
How to paint purr-fect cats
Yael Maimon reveals her approach to capturing the character of a cat in mixed-media, with advice on colours and how to obtain texture.
How to depict dogs’ fur in pastel
Follow Rebecca de Mendonça step-by-step as she demonstrates how to depict the texture and form of dogs’ coats – and produce a study of an eye in detail.
How to paint pet portraits
Paul Talbot-Greaves offers some great advice for painting a pet using acrylics, with tips on lighting, background and how to obtain a good reference photo.
Come into the garden by Paul Riley
Paul Riley reveals how he approaches garden subjects.
Many layered watercolour by Rosalind Forster
Rosalind Forster describes how she achieves a velvety effect with her paintings of floral still lifes
How to paint crashing waves with Jenny Aitken
Jenny Aitken explains how to make your waves so realistic that viewers will imagine they can hear the sound of them crashing to the shore