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Glowing light and intricate details

Susie Hodge talks to Lucy McKie, winner of The Artist Award in last year’s Royal Institute of Oil Painters’ annual exhibition, about her portraits and still-life paintings

Pastels en plein air

David Allen describes what he looks for in a subject and demonstrates an autumn landscape in pastels

A celebration of female artists

To celebrate this year’s centenary of women’s suffrage, the first female president of the Royal Watercolour Society, Jill Leman, asked some of the other female members to share their top tips about painting, framing, submitting work for open exhibitions, and all things about being an artist

The trees of autumn

After a summer of mixing greens Ian Sidaway enjoys

How to paint glass

Tim Gustard guides you through the process of painting

Coastal waters

Alan Runagall offers his tips for painting the sea and sky as he demonstrates a coastal scene in watercolour

The drama of the coast

Chris Forsey says it is amazing what can be achieved with just two or three colours as he demonstrates a dramatic coastline in mixed media

Paint a pumpkin

Paul Talbot-Greaves extolls the benefits of making study paintings as he demonstrates a pumpkin in watercolour in just three main parts

Creative textures

Soraya French demonstrates how to use gel mediums in your acrylic paintings to create exciting textural effects

In the wet

Geoff Hunt’s final plein-air challenge is to paint in the rain, in watercolour

Go with the flow

Don’t bin your mistakes, embrace them by adopting Robert Dutton’s radical approach and redeveloping them into mixed-media paintings with collage

Line and wash

Barry Herniman shares his enthusiasm for this technique as he demonstrates a painting and advises on materials

Limited palettes for still life

Julie Collins explores some limited palettes to use for still-life subjects and urges you try your own colour combinations

David Bomberg

Glyn Macey demonstrates a landscape inspired by one of David Bomberg’s iconic views for you to follow

Reinforce the focal point

Yael Maimon demonstrates different ways to reinforce the focal point and create a visual path that leads the eye to the centre of interest in your composition

A style of your own

Bob Brandt reassures you that it is inevitable that you will eventually develop a style that is unique to you as he demonstrates a city scene in oil

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