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Plein-air practice
Misty Spring Morning at the Thames
, oil, 10x12in. (25.5x30.5cm)
Oil-painting techniques for beginners
Learn to paint in a looser, freer style
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Hornsea Art Festival The first Hornsea Art Festival
Exhibitions
Formed in the late 1970s, the Guild of Railway Artists
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Your Sketchbook Challenge
Leisure Painter and artist/explorer, David Bellamy
FEATURES
Painting project
Part 1 Paula Henchell introduces photographs of poppies and peonies to set the task for this month’s painting project
Painting project
Part 2 How to produce a stunning sunset scene from a dull photograph using just four well-chosen colours, with Stephen Coates
Painting project
Part 3 Paint the nose and layers of hair before adding the final brushstrokes to your portrait of a roe deer, by Paul Hopkinson
A beginner’s guide to Brusho
Part 1 Loosen up your style as you experiment with the bright colours and easy techniques of Brusho, with Carrie McKenzie
Alice and Felix
From amusing illustrations and working drawings to a portrait in oil, Linda Birch offers a variety of approaches to drawing and painting cats
Girls of summer
Ready for sea, sand and sun? Follow Elena Parashko step by step and paint three figures on a summer beach
Sunshine and flowers
Part 1 Paint white agapanthus in the Mediterranean sun, with Julie King. This month we look at how to set the scene
Informal is key
Forget the Dutch Masters! Focus on enjoying yourself as you follow John Mitchell’s advice and paint informal still lifes that inspire you
Watercolour basics and beyond
Part 9: How to mix a variety of greens on your paper, with David Webb
Know your edges
How to plan for and use soft and hard edges to take your work to the next level, with Jem Bowden
Weather report
Part 4 This month we look at how to capture the effects of bright summer sunshine when painting abroad, with Tim Fisher
View from the lake
Understand what your brushes can do for you before you combine trees, water and a building to paint a picturesque view of Sherborne Castle, by Murray Ince
Inspired by nature
Part 5 Texture and life. Michelle Campbell completes her series with a look at the marks you can make to imitate texture in nature
The world in miniature
Part 4 Rosemary Bentley introduces her style of painting a portrait in miniature on white polymin
Small and often
Having problems finding time to paint? Steve Strode has the solution
Holidayof themonth
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