Watercolour basics and beyond

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Art club gallery

If you would like to see your art group’s winning paintings reproduced here, encourage visitors to your next exhibition to vote for their favourite work then simply send us the details. Full details are given below.

Online gallery

Jane Stroud’s selection of works from our PaintersOnline gallery

Wisps and streamers

Add drama and interest to your work as you learn to paint special cloud effects in watercolour, with David Bellamy

Painting project

Part 1 Stephen Coates discusses three important considerations when painting from photographs then introduces this month’s painting project

Painting project

Part 2 Begin painting the roe deer, introduced last month, by completing the drawing and painting the eyes with Paul Hopkinson

Painting project

Part 2 How to simplify your subject as you paint a busy harbour scene, with Colin Joyce

Summer in the Yorkshire Dales

Add power and drama to a beautiful summer view of the Yorkshire Dales using a variety of acrylic techniques, by Charles Evans

Life on the streets

Part 2 How to draw and paint buildings and populated urban scenes with confidence, by Rebecca de Mendonça

The world in miniature

Part 3 Follow Peter Hayton as he demonstrates how to produce a miniature marine painting, from explaining the materials he uses to the finishing touches

Inspired by nature

Part 4 How to create form. Michelle Campbell continues her look at the techniques and ideas she uses to paint pictures of wildlife

Weather report

Part 3 Sunlight and shadow. Build drama and contrast in your acrylic landscapes with the addition of collage, by Tim Fisher

The perfect view

How to select and work with a picture-perfect view when painting outdoors, with Tony Hogan

A journey into drawing

Part 2 Trudy Friend offers more tips and techniques for making the most of your drawing media

Beauty in the detail

How to paint a popular spring flower, fritillaria meleagris, in watercolour using just six colours with botanical artist, Catherine Harriyott

Plein-air practice

Part 1 How to paint in an urban environment. Rodney Kingston begins a three-part series to inspire you to sketch and paint outdoors

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