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Coming next month

Enjoy your painting time this autumn as you learn new techniques, pick up fresh inspiration and perhaps try something different – with Leisure Painter

Let’s start with art

Part 11 Here’s a beginner’s guide to working with oils from the materials you’ll need to preparation and making brushstrokes, by Linda Birch

Leisure Painter Open Competition 2019

We have great pleasure in presenting to you the award-winning paintings from this year’s Leisure Painter competition & exhibition, in association with Patchings Art Centre

Diary

THINGS TO DO THIS MONTH

Exhibitions

JANE STROUD RECOMMENDS

Letters

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

Books

WHAT TO READ THIS MONTH

Art clubs

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

Online gallery

Jane Stroud’s selection of works from our PaintersOnline gallery

Water-mixable oils

and easier to store and transport. They certainly win

Painting project

Part 1 Tony Underhill introduces this month’s painting project from a photograph of Grantchester Church with two helpful case studies

Painting Project

Part 2 How to paint the impression of morning light using a variety of techniques, with Jem Bowden

Shade and contrast

Enjoy the vibrant colours of acrylics to paint a warm against cool underwater scene, with Elena Parashko

Beginner’s oils

Part 3 Christine Pybus demonstrates the process she takes for painting a simple study, from colour choices to varnishing and framing

The beauty of watercolour

Follow advice and inspiration from Liron Yanconsky as he takes you through the materials and processes he uses to paint scenes full of contrast and drama

Colour choices

Part 6 Tim Fisher introduces his final favourite colour choice in this series and discusses how he makes the most of yellow ochre acrylic ink

Watercolour in detail

Part 3 In this fi nal part, learn how to paint the nose, whiskers and layers of fur of this stunning blue-eyed cat, with Paul Hopkinson

Beginner’s gouache

Part 4 In the fi nal part of this series, paint a vignette of a church on raw linen canvas board, with Murray Ince

The fox

Follow Charles Evans step by step to produce your own version of a strong and atmospheric painting of a fox in early autumn woodland

From petal to plant

Pam Bowen takes us through the process of painting a flower from life

Beachcomber

Join Rebecca de Mendonça as she paints the fi gure of a child in pastel using a variety of techniques

Some of the best art courses and holidays in the UK and abroad

Big Sky Art has earned a reputation for residential