Leisure Painter

Leisure Painter - the number one learn-to-paint magazine featuring practical painting and drawing features from top art tutors. Includes step-by-step tuition and easy-to-follow advice on how to draw and paint.

Leisure Painter

Welcome

Diary • THINGS TO DO THIS MONTH

Exhibitions • JANE STROUD RECOMMENDS

Royal Society of Marine Artists

Art clubs • OVER TO YOU FOR THE LATEST NEWS ON CLUB EXHIBITIONS AND ACTIVITIES

Letters • SHARE YOUR TIPS, EXPERIENCES, IDEAS AND QUESTIONS WITH OTHER READERS

Confidence building • Painting buildings need not be complicated. The solution lies in simplifying your subject, by David Webb

Painting project • Part 1 Prepare to paint a Murano pot on a windowsill using classical oil-painting techniques, with Veronica Winters

Painting project • Part 2 How to paint a dramatic sky from a photograph, by the late Murray Ince

Colour perfect • After her introduction to pastel painting last month, follow Nina Squire as she produces a beautiful coastal scene using a variety of techniques

Demonstration Old Harry Rocks, Dorset

Plain sailing • Follow along with Tony Underhill and make drawing and painting boats easy

Step into the landscape • Part 4 Pack your kit and head to the great outdoors to paint, with DJ

Art Courses & Holidays Showcase

Silver birch wood • Use a variety of watercolour techniques to paint silver birches with glowing autumn colours, with Kerry Bennett

Develop your skills • Part 4 Using transport as a theme Tim O'Brien demonstrates how to capture speed and atmosphere

The essential sketchbook • Part 4 This month, Brian Smith looks at the effective ways line and wash can render a scene

Oil painting for beginners • Part 9 Learn new techniques as you paint a study after Edouard Cortès, with Paul Minter

Seasonal colour • AUTUMN Use your sketchbook to try these easy colour-mixing solutions for painting a simple autumn landscape, with Colin Steed

Print at home • How to make a pelican print using a reduction linocut process, by Dr Susan Poole

Online gallery • Jane Stroud's selection of works from our Painters Online gallery

WHAT TO READ THIS MONTH

WELCOME

Distant vistas • Learn a variety of techniques to create a sense of depth in your landscapes, with David Webb

A considered approach • From initial scene to final brushstroke, Jem Bowden takes us through the painting of a watercolour landscape

Anchor points • Winston Oh says a good composition should have a distinct visual centre of focus and offers his advice on how to attract and retain viewers' attention