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Harbour reflections

Susie Hodge talks to Peter Nance about his atmospheric, light-filled panoramic paintings of Cornish harbours, which won him The Artist Award in the Royal Society of Marine Artists’ exhibition

Our NHS heroes

Adebanji Alade demonstrates how he makes art in isolation by painting portraits of the now legendary Captain Sir Tom Moore and a frontline worker in the NHS

Mother’s Day flowers

Soraya French finds inspiration at home and demonstrates a mixed-media still life of flowers given to her by her children

A painting is more than a picture

Graham Webber explains why practising quick, loose plein-air studies will help you to develop your own style and convey your initial attraction to the subject – which will transfer into the final work and, hopefully, a happy customer

Spatial approaches to figure drawing

This month Ruth Buchanan shows how to represent the mass of a figure and how it sits in the space around it

Colours for summer landscapes

Julie Collins shows how to modify your colours for summer landscapes with some examples of her own to follow

Drawing with pen, line and wash

As Alan Bickley demonstrates, these are all the materials you need to make a simple and bold statement in a short time, as well as being convenient tools for sketching on location

Paint seabirds in acrylics

Jenny Aitken shows you how to capture the antics of seabirds as they feed along the shoreline by using your reference photo upside down

Perpetual motion

Steve Griggs shares his techniques for capturing people engaged in a form of activity, whether sitting, bending, moving or fly fishing, and suggests exercises for you to try

Creativity during the lockdown

Ann Witheridge suggests how we can keep ourselves occupied and inspired during the lockdown period, and shares her top ten tips for working in isolation

Long pictures

Judi Whitton explores the long format and shows how careful consideration given to design and composition will result in a painting that retains the viewer’s interest

Along a country lane

In the first of three articles, Barry Herniman shares his painting journeys along quiet country lanes. This month he makes two sketches, one in pen and ink and one in watercolour

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