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DIGITAL ISSUE EXTRA CONTENT

Barry Herniman The First Rays of Sun,

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LETTERS, EMAILS AND COMMENTS

THE ART WORLD

NEWS, INFORMATION AND ONLINE EVENTS IN THE ART WORLD

FRESH EYES THE PASTEL SOCIETY

Martin Goold Full Moon, Cobb II, coloured pencil,

DÜRER'S JOURNEYS

Dürer’s Journeys: Travels of a Renaissance Artist continues

LIFE WITH ART

Benton End and the East Anglian School of Painting and Drawing

Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year

Maurizio De Angelis Sunday Afternoon, oil and gold

OPPORTUNITIES & COMPETITIONS

Check out the latest competitions to enter and make a note of important deadlines

EXHIBITIONS

GALLERY OPENING TIMES AND EXHIBITION DATES CAN VARY; IF IN DOUBT PHONE TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT

ART BOOKS

Painting the Mountain Landscape Eileen Clark Books on

A loose approach to portraiture

Tim Benson, president of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and winner of The Artist Award in last year’s ROI annual exhibition, talks to Susie Hodge about his expressive and emotive oil portraits

Glorious night scenes

Capture the lights and colours of night scenes with advice and tips from Jenny Aitken as she demonstrates a sparkling city scene in acrylics

Explore partial abstraction in your art

Be inspired to depart from reality by following Haidee-Jo Summers as she develops a semi-abstract oil painting from a still-life set-up

Dynamic storytelling with ‘patch-quilt’ painting

Discover how to use Steve Griggs’ ‘patch-quilt’ watercolour technique and follow him as he paints a colourful landscape

DEMONSTRATION Taking Flight

STAGE ONE I began by using a flat

Portraits with character

David Thomas demonstrates how painting a portrait from an unposed photograph can capture character and have a charming informality

Be a hunter-gatherer

Sky Landscape Artist of the Year finalist Clare Lord reveals her strategies for collecting information to ensure she keeps the plein-air life in her painting during the winter months

Brushes for watercolour

Ian Sidaway offers his personal guide to choosing watercolour brushes to suit your way of working, from large flat washes to special textural effects

Try gyotaku

Amanda Hyatt explains and encourages you to try the gyotaku art form – the Japanese method of printing painted fish onto rice paper – and shares her tips for achieving a successful outcome

The three-primary palette

COLOUR PALETTES FOR BETTER LANDSCAPES: 1ST OF 3

Oh for snow!

Follow Barry Herniman as he paints winter snow scenes in watercolour

How to avoid muddy colours

WATERCOLOUR PROBLEM SOLVER: 3RD OF 3

Capture the energy of the sea

Becky Thorley-Fox demonstrates how she captures rolling and crashing waves and the moods and atmosphere of coastal scenes in oil

Raise your profile

In the second of three articles on forging a second career in art, Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year finalist Sally Ward discusses how to get your work seen by a wider audience and raise your profile as an artist

HOW TO GET STARTED WITH DIGITAL ART?

Sarah Edmonds continues her series on digital art and what it has to offer. This month she reports on how digital tools can be used to enhance and promote your work