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Seven go painting in Havana

Peter Brown shares his experiences of leading a reader painting holiday to Havana, and reveals the content of his travelling painting kit

Layers of time and meaning

Jeremy Gardiner’s abstract compositions are based on his observations of the natural environment and, as he tells Susie Hodge, he builds his work in layers, almost like the rock formations he is depicting, using heavy-body acrylics

Why do we make paintings?

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Painting the seasons

Lucy Willis shares her ideas for a series of seasonal watercolour paintings and offers tips and advice for working from photographs

Arranging objects and using colours

Yael Maimon’s series on successful composition continues with advice about placing objects and using colour to achieve maximum effect, including combining photos and the Rule of Thirds

Still life

Paul Talbot-Greaves demonstrates a simple still life in acrylic to highlight an easy way to enjoy painting without getting bogged down in huge amounts of varied shapes and complexity

Colour mixing in oil

Sarah Spackman offers advice on colour mixing using oils paints, stressing that observation and cleanliness are the keys to success

Gouache in the landscape

Gouache can be used as both a transparent and opaque medium, and on a variety of supports, as Kevin Scully demonstrates

Painting the lakes

Following on from last month’s article, Ian Sidaway makes four watercolour paintings using his on-site reference material

Pulling it altogether

In the final article in this series, Martin Kinnear describes how, in trying to rediscover a part of his past, and a new way of painting, he discovered the secret of achieving his aim

Unpromising days

Geoff Hunt conquers yet another plein-air painting challenge. This time he’s making the best of those grey days when the light is flat and the scene unpromising

The wonders of wax

Camilla Clark demonstrates how to achieve luminosity and texture using cold wax and water-soluble oils

The value of monochrome

Paul Riley explains why making monochrome landscapes will help you to understand tonal relationships

Realistic greens

If you try to avoid the challenge of mixing your greens you are missing out on some amazing colours for your paintings, says Julie Collins. Her advice and the accompanying exercise will help you to improve your greens

Lamorna Birch

Glyn Macey admires the unique painting style of Lamorna Birch and demonstrates an acrylic coastal scene in his style for you to follow

The Artist Open Competition 2018

We are proud to present the work of some of our talented prizewinners in this year’s annual open competition, organised in partnership with Patchings Art Centre. Our thanks go to everyone who supported the competition and especially our generous award donors