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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Leisure Painter May 2023.
Welcome
Tim Fisher responds to a reader’s question this month, asking how he could paint realistic-looking curves on a church steeple. It’s quite a challenge and needs accurate ellipses and perspecti...
Diary
Pamela Marshall Shapwick, oil on board, 14x12in. (35.5x30.5cm) at The Art of Painting – Different Realities, The Gallery Upstairs
Matt Emery 101 Engineers Regiment, oil on canvas...
Exhibitions
All information given here is correct at the time of going to press, but you are advised to check details and opening times with the galleries prior to your visit in case of unavoidable alterations t...
Berthe Morisot
Berthe Morisot At the Ball, 1875, oil on canvas, 25½x20½in (65x52cm)
The spring exhibition at the Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, focuses on the work of renowned Impressionist Berthe Mor...
Art clubs
March painting challenge
Jackie Masters A Winter’s Walk, watercolour, 8x11in. (20x28cm)
Snow was the theme of our March painting challenge and we’ve enjoyed seeing yo...
Q&A
Figure 1 The drawing
For those interested in more information about this subject, please study the section on curved perspective in Tim’s book, Drawing Perspective (published by Search P...