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How to paint birds in flight

Becky Thorley-Fox advises on strategies for capturing birds in the air and feeding in groups and demonstrates a painting of geese against an autumn sunrise.

Colour sketches for oil paintings with Nick Schlee

To overcome the inherent problems of oil painting on the spot Nick Schlee makes coloured pencil and wax crayon sketches to work into larger oil paintings at home.

Let it snow by Tim Fisher

Easy methods to counteract the fast-drying nature of acrylics and produce sparkling snow scenes.

Practical Problem Solver - Street Life by Gerald Green

Gerald Green advises on how to have street scenes that look lively – and not cluttered

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.

Painting the weather by Bob Brandt

Bob advises on how to paint different weather conditions.