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DAWN TO DUSK TUTORIAL PAINTING SAFARI in the Northern Serengeti with Hazel Soan

The Serengeti is the largest intact ecosystem left on earth. Its true boundaries are defined not by lines on maps but by the seasonal movement of millions of wildebeest, zebras and gazelles. They circle the great grass plains and thorn thickets east of Lake Victoria, following the rain and feeding on the succession of plants it nourishes. Nowhere else can you observe the daily activities of such a variety and volume of wildlife.

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Curiosities and narratives

Caroline Saunders talks to Professor Chris Orr MBE RA about his complicated compositions rich in content, colour and humour

Portraits with beauty and emotion

Melodie Cook, winner of The Artist Award in last year’s Pastel Society annual exhibition, talks to Susie Hodge about her large-scale pastel portraits

Lowry and the Pre-Raphaelites

Susie Hodge reviews an exhibition at the Lowry Gallery in Salford that explores how and why Lowry developed his admiration for the Pre-Raphaelites

Drawing Arthur

Idrew my friend the artist Arthur Neal the other day.

OPPORTUNITIES & COMPETITIONS

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

EXHIBITIONS

GALLERY OPENING TIMES AND EXHIBITION DATES CAN VARY; IF IN DOUBT, PHONE TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT

ART BOOKS

If you want to get adventurous with watercolour, this

Painters Online editor’s choice

Meet this month’s editor’s choice winner from our PaintersOnline gallery, who receives a £50 Jackson’s Art Supplies gift voucher

Use apps to create great content

One of the hardest things for an artist is to stand out from the crowd. Mark David Hatwood recommends some apps that will help your social media posts get some attention

The selective start

Richard Schmid reveals the secrets of his selective method of painting and demonstrates a still life in oils

Express yourself in mixed media

Learn how to create exciting, colourful expressive landscapes in mixed media with tips and advice from Soraya French

Linear drawing techniques

In this first of two articles Adele Wagstaff explores how artists have used dry media and drawing techniques to explore the structure and form of the head

Paint in Istanbul with Peter Brown

Peter Brown is president of the NEAC and is fast becoming recognised as one of the UK’s leading figurative painters. Popularly known as ‘Pete the Street’ from his practice of working on location in all weathers, he has developed a vigorous en plein air style, and happily interacts with passers-by and fellow students while at work. He is best known for his detailed and atmospheric depictions of street scenes in cities in the UK and abroad. Peter has hosted previous painting holidays to Florence, Arles, Havana and Vietnam. Istanbul will be a new and perfect place for him.

Watercolour – it’s all in the wash

Herman Pekel shares his strategies for creating beautiful clean watercolour washes

Floral still lifes

Follow Vivienne Cawson as she demonstrates how to merge delicate flowers with carefully chosen decorative backgrounds, working in watercolour with drawing media

Capture winter afternoons in three main stages

Paul Talbot-Greaves demonstrates how to use cool and warm arrangements with complementary colour contrasts to add interest to an acrylic winter scene

It’s all in the eyes

When painting animals, it is very important that the eyes are ‘right’ says Ruth Buchanan. In the second of her 10-part series she discusses the different shapes and demonstrates how to paint life-like eyes

The limitations of a limited palette

Having worked with a limited palette for a while, Paul Brown had to admit that it had its limitations. Here he shares some of the extra colours he has used with great success

Transparency, refraction and reflections

Painting glass and anything transparent doesn’t need to be as intimidating as it may first appear – Maddine Insalaco demonstrates her layered approach in oils

Out in the landscape

Hester Berry demonstrates how to capture the landscape in oils, working alla-prima, and shares the details of her sketching kit

A challenge worth embracing

Be inspired by Jane Hope to step out of your comfort zone and paint unfamiliar subjects at different times of day – for a whole year