Leisure Painter & The Artist | Mar-21
You don’t have to leave your front door to enjoy developing your creative skills and exploring the world of drawing and painting. Aimed at beginners and amateur painters, for the past 55 years Leisure Painter has offered step-by-step demonstrations, practical features, projects from photographs and tips and techniques – all designed for painting at home. This month, we are delighted to introduce you to wildlife artist, Alison Nicholls, who begins a three-part series on how to draw and paint animals quickly and confidently. We also focus on painting landscapes, portraits and nature studies in watercolour, and depicting figures, water and seascapes in acrylics. Develop a sketchbook habit, learn how to add colour to a pen-and-ink drawing using digital media, and work through a variety of creative ideas for flower painting. Jackie Garner continues her back-to-basics year-long acrylics series with a look at colour and colour biases, which will be of interest to all painters, and there’s even a chance to win a painting by Jem Bowden – if you submit your own version of the theme that he sets you this month!
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Leisure Painter magazine was founded in 1967 and is the UK's most popular art and painting magazine that is published 12 times a year. The award-winning company was created to assist amateur artists of all levels and cover all aspects of painting and drawing including pencils, acrylics, charcoals, oil paints, pastels and watercolours. Not only does Leisure Painter cover a range of materials, but also a huge variety of topics are covered too, including flowers, landscapes, buildings, animals, boats and portraits.
With Leisure Painter magazine, you can gain access to an online community of like-minded artists who share their top tips and advice on how to develop your skills, as well as enter regular competitions including David Bellamy's sketchbook challenge. Plus, you can pour over the exhibition and art events pages to find opportunities to dive further into your hobby with other enthusiasts.
Try your hand at one of the Leisure Painter’s painting projects - for example, “how to capture the character of an old building using watercolours” or “step-by-step guides on how to complete your drawing of distant mountains with charcoal”. Regular projects from our regular contributors are a great way to expand your artistic skill set.
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- ‘Holiday of The Month’ for artists
- Art clubs
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- Online gallery
- Art offers
- Art Competitions
- The sketchbook challenge
- Master wet-into-wet watercolour tips
- Seasonal features
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Leisure Painter & The Artist Mar-21.