BATIK – capturing the world with wax and dyes

EDITORIAL

T his month’s issue kicks off with a

WELCOME from the editor

Jane Stroud Editor Want to comment on something

Keeping an experiments’ book

David Bellamy discusses the benefits of testing new ideas and making notes in one book

Light, mood & atmosphere

Greg Howard discusses an important inspiration in his work – the Great British weather

Caran d’Ache Neoart 6901 Wax Oil Pastels

New product

Spring is here!

Project

First steps in the woods

Inspiration

Animal explorations

Part 2 Chloe Hibberd uses a variety of acrylic techniques to paint a delightful stonechat

A season of small things

Linda Birch discusses the value of using complementary colours and lively greys to create small vignettes and studies of spring flowers

Q&A Drafting film

Part 6 Helen Carter continues her delve into drafting film by answering another reader’s question and showing a step-by-step demonstration

Fabulous fur on drafting film

D rafting film is great for precise textures

Painting project

Part 2 How to paint a still life from a photograph using colourful acrylics, with Sharon Tiernan

Colourful acrylics

You will need Surface Fabriano Artistico 640gsm

Drawing project

Part 1 Conor Smith introduces his drawing project from a photograph of an African painted dog and encourages you to practise techniques before tackling the main image

Step into acrylics

Part 4 Understand the rule of foreshortening to help you paint daisy studies, with Alice May

Exhibitions

Must-see exhibitions from around the UK

Art clubs

Over to you for the latest news on club exhibitions and activities

Art club challenge

Here are the entries to the March issue

Stunning batiks

Landscapes in wax and dyes

YOUR VIEWS

LET TERS, EMAILS AND COMMENTS

THE ART WORLD

NEWS, INFORMATION AND ONLINE EVENTS IN THE ART WORLD

AFLOAT or Ashore

David Curtis The Albatross in Grimsby Dock, oil,

Virtual to Real

Roy Summerfield-Shapiro Pomona , oil, 231/2x193/4in (60x50cm), on

Oxfordshire Ar tweeks

Debbie Farrell Sunlight, embroidered panel, 8x8in

OPPORTUNITIES & COMPETITIONS

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

A day in the life of GRETA VILIDAITE

Regular contributor to The Artist , Greta Vilidaite talks to Sally Bulgin about her life and career as a professional artist

Painting with LIGHT

Caroline Saunders talks to Ann Flynn, winner of The Artist Award in last year’s Royal Society of Marine Artists’ exhibition, about how she captures the play of light in coastal scenes, and still-life subjects

WATERCOLOUR waves and particles

Hazel Soan shares her love for watercolour painting and what she describes as ‘the dance between order and unpredictability ’

Linocuts –keeping it simple

Keith Tunnicliffe simplifies his approach by turning his attention to swans by the sea for his third of four articles on creating linocuts with impact

DEMONSTRATION Day out

MATERIALS Clockwise: Thermostatically controlled wax pot

Painting live

One of the few artists in the country who paints live at events wherever the work takes him, Tushar Sabale explains what a ‘Live Event Painter ’ is and what it takes to be one

Freedom to paint in the open air

Ingrid Brown shows you how to paint outdoors with confidence and begin your own visual diary of moments and places experienced

Drawing for painting

In the second of three articles on gathering reference material, Paul Weaver demonstrates how he completes a watercolour painting from his on-site sketch

Going for GOLD

Katherine Tyrrell tells you how to exhibit botanical art and win a medal

ART BOOKS

Eric Ravilious Through the Eyes of his Contemporaries

Leonardo da Vinci – Lady with an Ermine

In her history of art series, Sarah Edmonds shines a light on lesser-known artworks by artists we know and love. This month she explores the work of Leonardo da Vinci

Turning PROFESSIONAL

MONTH SIX

KIMBERLEY KEEGAN SHARES TIPS AND ADVICE FOR WORKING ARTISTS

Ask an Artist podcast was devised by working

Sea horizons and the unwanted focal point

Next time you embark on a seascape, take a minute to think about the horizon. Mike Barr shares his Eureka! moment