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Go back to basics with Leisure Painter

Celebrating our 50th year, Leisure Painter is the UK’s

A head for heights

Janet Kenyon tells Susie Hodge how she captures both natural and artificial light and achieves her multi-layered style in her award-winning watercolour paintings

Brushes and canvas

Ian Cryer, president of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, shares his thoughts on canvas and brushes, how one affects the other and how his techniques have developed over the years

Charles Williams’ musings: GALLERIES and COLLEGES

Charles Williams NEAC RWS Cert.RAS is a painter, writer

ADE BANJI ’ S MOTIVATION L TIPS Dream big

Whatever stage you are on your journey of being the creative person you really want to be, there is always room for improvement, says Adebanji Alade

Flower painting in mixed media

Aine Divine demonstrates a mixed-media painting of flowers – it was so much fun to do that she urges you to have a go

Selfies

In this series, Phil Tyler has explored a variety of different approaches to drawing and painting the figure. The selfie is an opportunity to re-explore these approaches more fully, and he has some interesting ideas for you to try

How to paint realistic seacapes in acrylics

Jo Quigley reveals her systematic approach to painting realistic seascapes in acrylic

Consistent, creamy colour

Liz Seward says that working with Caran d’Ache Museum Aquarelle Pencils was one of the ‘the best painting experiences I’ve had for a long time – I love these pencils!’

Negative painting

Paul Riley begins a three-part watercolour course with a look at some of the ways to achieve negative shapes, and their importance

Street life

David Questa reveals how he expresses movement and energy in his plein-air drawings of busy city streets

Summer trees and foliage in watercolour

Judi Whitton urges you to try a new approach to the way you paint summer trees and foliage to allow your paintings to become more exciting and original

Depth and flatness: putting perspective into perspective

Martin Kinnear brings his series to a close with some useful advice about atmospheric and linear perspective and a look at the alternatives, such as flat pattern

Woods and water

Barry Herniman shares the contents of his plein-air sketching kit – one that sees him well placed for a day’s sketching as he gathers material for a watercolour painting

Shape and suggestion

How do you balance the strong shapes with the softer areas of a scene? Haidee-Jo Summers’ ideas will help you to focus on what you want to achieve in your landscape painting

Warm versus cool

This month Paul Talbot-Greaves demonstrates how you can add impact to your painting by using warm and cool contrasting colours and sets this month’s challenge for you to submit for appraisal

THE A-Z OF COLOUR

Julie Collins explains why value is so important in your painting and explains how to make a value scale

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