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An affinity with acrylics
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An affinity with acrylics
Part 1 Wildlife painter, Jackie Garner introduces her year-long series on acrylics with a look at how the medium can influence your work
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Everyone loves maps! Here’s an imaginative exercise for you to try this winter, with Hazel Jarvis
Painting project
Part 1 Andy Walker introduces this month’s painting from a photograph and discusses its possibilities before demonstrating how to make a simple tonal sketch of the scene
Painting project
Part 2 Use a limited number of coloured pencils to create a vivid still life on tinted paper, by Veronica Winters
Consider your surface
Liz Chaderton delves into the world of corrugated cardboard, scraps of packaging and newsprint, to use as exciting surfaces for her paintings
Paint for health
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Beginner’s watercolour
Part 4 Practise the techniques you will need to paint water, rocks and trees, and paint three simple vignettes, with Stephen Coates
Let’s draw
Part 4 How to draw realistic-looking fabric, while practising pressure control on your pencil and working with lost-and-found edges, with Elena Parashko
Explore watercolour
Part 4 Take your watercolours to the next level with Brian Smith as he discusses the value of painting against the light this month
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Versatile sponges
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