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THE ART WORLD

NEWS, VIEWS, INFORMATION AND SPECIAL EVENTS IN THE ART WORLD

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The appeal of India

How do you capture the vibrant colours, the constant movement and the extraordinary subject matter of India? Seasoned traveller Patrick Cullen advises on what to pack and how to capture what you see

Tranquil scenes

Caroline Saunders talks to Michael Kidd about his stylised acrylic paintings, in which he achieves a peaceful oasis with arresting yet tranquil seascapes

Framing, pricing and direct customer approaches

Mark David Hatwood brings his current series to a close with a few words of advice about the tricky issues of pricing and framing, and re-emphasising why artist and gallerist need to work together for the good of both parties

ART BOX

Art products to help you develop your skills

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

Five steps to a successful painting

Amanda Hyatt demonstrates an alla-prima painting using her Five Steps to Watercolour technique, and sets an exercise for you to try

My annual self-portrait

Every year, Jason Sacran paints a self–portrait. Here he demonstrates how he painted his latest composition, describing it as a much more personal painting than some of his earlier ones

A step towards abstraction

Ann Blockley demonstrates different ways of working to help you to loosen up and take liberties with reality

Portraits in pastel

Continuing her series on portraits, Ann Witheridge shows you how to progress from drawing with charcoal to introducing colour with pastels

Painting reflections in acrylic

Learning to paint reflections not only helps to describe surfaces accurately, but when used effectively as part of a composition, they can add a whole new dimension to your work. Jo Quigley shows you how it’s done, using acrylics

Get to grips with gouache

In the first of two articles, Barry Herniman urges you to consider gouache as he demonstrates the versatility of this medium with two step-by-step paintings

Paint watercolour landscapes with Amanda Hyatt

Develop your watercolour landscape painting skills with internationally renowned watercolourist Amanda Hyatt

Take six colours

Paul Brown shows how it’s possible to mix a variety of colours from just six oil paints. Not only is this an exciting challenge, it’s a perfect plein-air painting palette

Genuinely modern watercolours

Julie Collins describes Golden QoR Watercolours as ‘a wonderful range’, and urges you to try them as they will enrich your watercolour paintings

White flowers in watercolour

Jean Haines explains how to paint white flowers by creating fabulous backgrounds and negative painting to use the white of the paper for maximum impact

Art By Caran d’Ache

Susie Hodge finds that the new Caran d’Ache sketching kits, Art By Caran d’Ache, have been thoughtfully put together to cover all your needs in one box. There are three themes, each designed for a different purpose

Create drama and texture in your watercolours

In the last of her series, Julie Collins shows you various ways of working with inks, ranging from delicate pen work to bold, bright stick and ink, to add depth and texture to your watercolours for additional interest

How to transform a boring photo into an interesting painting

Don’t dismiss photos you’ve rejected for painting reference – follow Marie Antoniou’s advice and take another look – embrace the imperfections and allow the artist within you to experiment and create

PAINT in RAJASTHAN with Patrick Cullen NEAC, PS

India offers a colourful and varied palette for artists. On this painting holiday you will be based in two contrasting cities, one a honeycomb of white marble palaces on the shores of a magnificent lake and the other a fortified sandstone city in the heart of the desert