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 • EXHIBITIONS, NEWS AND EVENTS FROM THE ART WORLD

EXHIBITIONS

Letters • LP READER, RON HOILE, SHARES HIS EXPERIENCES OF LIQUIFYING SOFT PASTELS USING THREE DIFFERENT MEDIUMS

Interesting developments • Watercolourist, Jem Bowden offers top tips and advice on how to learn and improve as a painter

Painting project • Part 1 Follow Tony Underhill’s creative process as he prepares to paint from a holiday photo of a classic Lake District inn

Soft pastels • Part 1 Learn practical tips on materials and process to start your journey confidently with soft pastels, by Greg Howard

Watercolour • Make the most of the watercolours that granulate to produce a range of different effects, with Sue Bradley

Acrylics • Alice May offers top tips for making greetings cards from your artwork

Building blocks • How to sketch and paint characterful buildings in watercolour, by David Bellamy

Stormy home • How to interpret a photograph to paint a dramatic sky over rolling waves, by Elena Parashko

Seasonal visitors • Step into the holiday spirit by painting this delightful pair of robins, with Kerry Bennett

Just add snow • How to turn sunny spring photographs into characterful winter paintings, by the late Murray Ince

Festive hellebores • Practise essential watercolour techniques, mix complementary colours and add gold detailing to paint this still life, with Julie King

People watching • Build confidence and skills as you practise drawing and painting figures, with Brian Smith

Alfred the Great • Practise essential techniques to paint loose and lively animal portraits, with Jo Allsopp

Books • WHAT TO READ THIS MONTH

Online gallery • Jane Stroud’s selection of works from the Painters Online gallery

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

HOW TO PAINT

WELCOME

Winter in watercolour • How to find and paint the patterns of a winter landscape, by Colin Joyce

The trees of autumn • Ian Sidaway offers solutions for capturing the glow of autumn colours in watercolour

Don’t be a fair-weather painter • If you only paint when the sun shines you don’t know what you’re missing, says John Owen. Painting watercolours outdoors in rain, snow and wind can be very rewarding