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OPPORTUNITIES & COMPETITIONS

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Ingredients for a portrait

Caroline Saunders talks to Henrietta Graham about her personal project to paint distinguished chefs, and aim to tell a story in her detailed compositions

Constructing the scene

Lewis Chamberlain’s thought-provoking photo-realistic drawings and oil paintings are often of children’s toys in domestic interiors. He reveals the ideas and techniques behind his work to Susie Hodge

Artist and gallery a modern partnership

Mark David Hatwood considers the exceptionally difficult area of artist/gallery etiquette in the modern internet age

Get over it!

Rejection from exhibitions and competitions can be crushing but, as Adebanji Alade explains, you need to get over that feeling of rejection and move on. His words of heart-felt encouragement will help to get you back on your creative track

A view from above

Jo Quigley demonstrates how to create an exciting composition in acrylics by taking an aerial viewpoint

Measured drawing

Measurement is a device to help you see more objectively, says Philip Tyler, who shows you some methods for measuring the figure

INSPIRED BY… Rauschenberg

This month Glyn Macey urges you to feel the inspiration of Robert Rauschenberg as you paint an abstract harbour scene in acrylics

Self-portraits and how to catch a likeness

In the first of three articles on how to paint faces and portraits in a direct, lively and fearless manner Hazel Soan demonstrates three quick self-portraits in watercolour

Value and chiaroscuro

Martin Kinnear begins a new series aimed at practising and improving oil painters. This month he explains the importance of value and chiaroscuro

Recognising the end

In the penultimate article in his series, Charles Williams advises on how to overcome the desire to carry on when you reach the final stage of your painting

Layers and brushstrokes

In his second article, Jake Winkle aims to build your knowledge of watercolour applications with advice on washes, the layered and one-touch approach, dry brush and wet-in-wet techniques

Watercolour or gouache?

Gouache is not just for rescuing a lifeless watercolour by painting opaque layers over muddy washes, says Robert Dutton, who explains how you can use both media to paint expressive landscapes

Pattern in still life

Penny German explains how to use pattern in your still-life paintings, what to consider and how to put it all together for dramatic effect

How to draw the head

Learn how to draw the head by understanding its anatomy with this extract from The Complete Guide to Anatomy for Artists and Illustrators by Gottfried Bammes

Mixed Media, Watercolour & Pastel Techniques with Carole Baker at Patchings Art, Craft & Photography Festival in Nottinghamshire, Friday, July 14, 2017

Organised by The Artist and Leisure Painter in association with GreatArt, one of the UK’s largest online art materials’ suppliers, who will provide each student with over £90(rrp) of materials for each session

THE A-Z OF COLOUR

Julie Collins explains relationships, the most important aspect of the theory of colour