Girls of summer

Welcome from the editor

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Coming next month

From coloured-pencil tutorials in portraits and animals to step-by-step advice on how to paint in watercolour, acrylics and oils, enjoy another month of painting with Leisure Painter!

Diary

Hornsea Art Festival The first Hornsea Art Festival

Exhibitions

Formed in the late 1970s, the Guild of Railway Artists

Letters

SHARE YOUR TIPS, SUGGESTIONS, IDEAS AND QUESTIONS WITH OTHER READERS

Your Sketchbook Challenge

Leisure Painter and artist/explorer, David Bellamy

Plein-air practice

Part 2 Learn how to paint trees and mix greens before following a step-by-step demonstration introducing oils to beginners, by Rodney Kingston

Painting project

Part 1 Paula Henchell introduces photographs of poppies and peonies to set the task for this month’s painting project

Painting project

Part 2 How to produce a stunning sunset scene from a dull photograph using just four well-chosen colours, with Stephen Coates

Painting project

Part 3 Paint the nose and layers of hair before adding the final brushstrokes to your portrait of a roe deer, by Paul Hopkinson

A beginner’s guide to Brusho

Part 1 Loosen up your style as you experiment with the bright colours and easy techniques of Brusho, with Carrie McKenzie

Alice and Felix

From amusing illustrations and working drawings to a portrait in oil, Linda Birch offers a variety of approaches to drawing and painting cats

Sunshine and flowers

Part 1 Paint white agapanthus in the Mediterranean sun, with Julie King. This month we look at how to set the scene

Informal is key

Forget the Dutch Masters! Focus on enjoying yourself as you follow John Mitchell’s advice and paint informal still lifes that inspire you

Watercolour basics and beyond

Part 9: How to mix a variety of greens on your paper, with David Webb

Know your edges

How to plan for and use soft and hard edges to take your work to the next level, with Jem Bowden

Weather report

Part 4 This month we look at how to capture the effects of bright summer sunshine when painting abroad, with Tim Fisher

View from the lake

Understand what your brushes can do for you before you combine trees, water and a building to paint a picturesque view of Sherborne Castle, by Murray Ince

Inspired by nature

Part 5 Texture and life. Michelle Campbell completes her series with a look at the marks you can make to imitate texture in nature

The world in miniature

Part 4 Rosemary Bentley introduces her style of painting a portrait in miniature on white polymin

Small and often

Having problems finding time to paint? Steve Strode has the solution

Holidayof themonth

The beautiful location of Artaquarius on the west coast

Books

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Art clubs

OVER TO YOU FOR THE LATEST NEWS ON CLUB EXHIBITIONS AND ACTIVITIES

Art club gallery

If you would like to see your art group’s winning paintings reproduced here, encourage visitors to your next exhibition to vote for their favourite work. At the end of the show, simply send us the details and we’ll do our best to include all paintings received. Full details are given below right.

Online gallery

Jane Stroud’s selection of works from our PaintersOnline gallery