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THE ARTIST'S 90TH ANNIVERSARY CHALLENGE

Jenny Harris Rendezvous, collage and watercolour, 9¾312¼in (25331cm)

Masterpieces in MINIATURE

The coronavirus pandemic led to a unique and

UK Coloured Pencil Society

The UK Coloured Pencil Society (UKCPS) celebrates its

Rossetti’s PORTRAITS

Dante Gabriel Rossetti Blue Silk Dress (Jane Morris),

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OPPORTUNITIES & COMPETITIONS

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

A fascination with colour and pattern

Caroline Saunders talks to Janette Summerfield about the subtle layering of tones and stippled textures in her pastel landscapes

Inspired by plants, flowers and natural forms

Morag Stevenson, winner of The Artist Award in the 2020 Society of Women Artists’ annual exhibition talks to Susie Hodge about her vibrant still lifes in acrylic

The mystery of judging

Mike Barr examines the role of the judge – or judges – of art exhibitions and competitions

TIME TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT MARKETING

Sarah Edmonds underlines the importance of marketing as part of your strategy to attract potential customers

Mute your colours!

Peter Cronin advises using a limited palette for watercolour landscapes and ‘palette muck’ colours to achieve atmospheric grey tones

Make a tone and temperature study of the head

In the second of her three-part series, Adele Wagstaff considers the importance of the relationships and temperature of tone when making an oil study of the head using a limited palette

Architecture in pastel

In the third part of his current series, Steve Hall demonstrates how pastel can be used to paint architectural subjects and includes advice on a studio set-up for working with the medium

How to create the illusion of recession

Brian Smith concludes his series by explaining how to create depth in your watercolour paintings

The subtle beauty of interiors

Capture interior scenes of pubs, cafés and restaurants with Adebanji Alade, and use your studies for more resolved studio paintings

Adebanji Alade demonstrates a lively interior scene bathed in the warm glow of the internal lights

The Sir John Hawkshaw pub is a lovely

Paint a cloudburst with pastels

Follow Sandra Orme‘s tips and advice as she demonstrates how to capture a dramatic cloudburst of rain using pastels

Just do it!

Clare Bowen offers tips and encouragement to would-be plein-air painters as she shares her experiences of venturing outside to sketch and paint

Compositions that punch

Robert E Wells examines the use of perspective and close cropping to intensify visual impact and demonstrates a city scene in oil

How long does a painting take?

Paul Talbot-Greaves shares his tips and techniques for making lively watercolour landscapes when time is limited

Painting and finishing your frame

In the second of three articles on making your own frames, Peter Burgess shows you how to finish them with paint and a thin beading of wax gilding

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