New ideas
There are signs that the market for the styles of pictures that we all draw and paint is becoming saturated. Our club sold fewer last year than ever before. I note that makers of calendars are increasingly turning from their normal to using heritage railway and seaside posters, presumably for similar reasons. When I wanted to try making posters instead of straight drawings or watercolours it was not as simple as I had predicted. Apart from using gouache, the issues of more hard edges, simplicity and adding ‘warmth’ I found difficult to master. I can find no textbooks on the subject.
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Welcome to the March issue. This issue is packed with practical advice, tutorials, demonstrations and illustrated techniques, all aimed at teaching beginners and amateur painters to draw and paint successfully. Enjoy working with watercolour, acrylics, oils, gouache, coloured pencils, pen and ink and more. Learn how to draw and paint animals, landscape, flowers and elements of the countryside. Develop your skills as you learn about the value of tone, how to loosen up your style and how to add drama and a sense of narrative to your paintings. This issue also launches a beginner's guide to acrylics. Enjoy your month of painting with Leisure Painter.