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Derwent Tinted Charcoal Paint Pan Set

Enjoy the unique innovative qualities of this new product from Derwent and take your creative charcoal work to the next level!

Pattern, palette and perspective

Caroline Saunders talks to Paula Sharples about her stylised designs, which have a contemplative, serene ambience

HOW TO SURVIVE AS A PROFESSIONAL ARTIST

Sarah Edmonds looks at the different ways you can make an income without compromising your passion for art

A lyrical eye

A new book by Andrew Lambirth has been created to celebrate Royal Academician Diana Armfield’s 100th birthday, bringing her fascinating artistic life story up to date. As this abridged extract shows, it also richly represents Diana’s feeling for landscape and place

A style of your own

Still searching for a painting style to call your own? Mike Barr thinks you might already have one, it’s just a case of recognising it

Seeing red

Sandra Corpora experiments with her collection of red oil paints in preparation for a still-life painting of red roses in a silver bowl, and includes her top tips for exploring colour

Birds of the shore

Be inspired by Richard Allen as he demonstrates a watercolour sketch of birds on the shoreline, and shares his secrets for drawing birds from life

The drama of the night

Robert Brindley demonstrates how to paint nocturnes in pastel with a demonstration of a night-time street scene in New York

Up close and personal

In the last article in her current series, Hazel Soan concentrates on observing detail through facial and full figure portraits and includes an exercise for you to try

Inspired by the coast

Re-charge your recently creativity by reconnecting with nature says Ann Blockley, who uses found materials to inspire her

Finalise your sketches

Concluding his series on improving your landscape painting, Tom Cringle shows you how your improved sketching skills can inform a studio painting

Colour mixing:tone and value

Paul Talbot-Greaves takes you through the basics of successful colour mixing and his colour choices for a late summer landscape in oils, with an exercise for you to try

Contemporary flower paintings in mixed media

Soraya French shows how liquid acrylics can be used with dry media to create wonderfully vibrant floral paintings

Vibrant and versatile

In another extract from her book Contemporary Flowers in Mixed Media*, Soyara French shows how heavy body and open acrylics can be used to fabulous effect when painting flowers

Paint a magicalrealist portrait

A commission to paint two children in his trademark style was one that Will Teather couldn’t resist, as he demonstrates here

Capture the feeling

Carole Baker takes you through her creative process as she translates the feelings she experienced when gathering her source material into a finished studio painting