Stormy skies in watercolour

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Light, high-key colour and action!

Susie Hodge talks to Fred Coppin, winner of the The Artist Award in last year’s Royal Institute of Oil Painters’ annual exhibition, who demonstrates his approach to portraiture

Layers of detail

Jennifer McRae, winner of the 2019 Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize, talks to Susie Hodge about the benefits of entering competitions and working in a variety of media in her portraits, landscapes and cityscapes

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Autumn flowers in vibrant colour

Soraya French begins a new series in which she explores the endless opportunities offered by working in mixed media for painting lively and vibrant floral subjects

Still life: not just a vase of flowers

Amanda Hyatt shares her top ten tips for adding mood, magic, light and a sense of time to a watercolour still-life painting

Give oil pastels a go!

Ben Hope has re-discovered the advantages and versatility of oil pastels. He shares his techniques and tips for working on a variety of subjects, whether in your sketchbook or a finished painting

Derwent Lightfast 100-per-cent lightfast oil-based pencils

Award-winning artist Judith Selcuk specialises in coloured pencil fine art. Here she takes a look at the newly available colours in Derwent’s range of oil-based coloured pencils and demonstrates their painterly qualities with a painting of orchids

Beauty or beast?

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and, as Ian Sidaway points out, landscape artists no longer feel they have to search out the ‘picturesque’. When he came across the Sound Mirrors on Romney Marsh he was immediately inspired to capture these majestic structures in watercolour

Autumn light

Paul Talbot-Greaves demonstrates how to paint a scene with soft, autumnal light in watercolour in just five easy stages

Dover sea front

In the second of two features, Steve Hall paints a coastal scene in both watercolour and acrylic to compare the processes, and passes on some very useful tips

Paint a sunset in acrylics

Jenny Aitken emphasises the importance of design as she demonstrates how to give your sunset impact

Sketch figures in line and wash

Paul Weaver underlines the benefits of drawing and painting the human figure from life and demonstrates just how easy this is to slot into your busy painting schedule

VENICE SKETCHBOOK 2

Geoff Hunt makes a second trip to Venice to gather material for his exhibition, only to encounter rain

Painting a commissioned portrait

Frances Bell reveals how she approached a commission from the Metropolitan Police to paint a portrait of Commissioner Cressida Dick

The Artist 2019 Open Art Competition

Be inspired by the work of some of our talented prizewinners in this year’s annual open competition, organised in partnership with Patchings Art Centre