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

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DIARY • EXHIBITIONS, NEWS AND EVENTS FROM THE ART WORLD

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30-day painting challenge • Does your painting practice need a lift? Develop and strengthen your skills and confidence with our 30-day challenge, by Steve Strode

Painting project • Part 2 Learn how to create colour mixes for winter landscapes as you complete last month’s painting project from a photograph, by Colin Steed

Painting project • Part 1 How to prepare to paint from a snow-laden photograph using acrylics, by Mike Rollins

Art Journaling • Part 1 Unleash your creativity through the use of prompts, by Liz Chaderton

Freestyle painting • Build confidence and brushstroke dexterity by painting without pencil lines, by Liron Yanconsky

Local life • WINTER Learn techniques for mixing watercolour with coloured pencils and set your acrylic paintings alight with the glazing technique, by Linda Birch

Art courses & holidays showcase • Whether you’re looking for a structured course or a free-flowing holiday, there’s something within these pages for you

Make the change • Follow Sharon Tiernan’s top tips for creating vibrant acrylic paintings then pick up your brushes and paint along with her

Orchid delight • Paint a larger-than-life portrait of an orchid, with Elena Parashko

Try something different • Part 2 Follow Conor Smith as he produces a dramatic and realistic portrait of a tiger on scratchboard

Have sketchbook, will travel • Part 2 Tony Hogan sketches a coastal scene using vibrant Inktense pan paints and waterbrushes

Knife painting • Practise knife painting by following a simple landscape demonstration, by Colin Joyce

Mock-ups • Brian Smith discusses the value of producing mock-ups before committing to the final painting

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

UK ART SHOPS • Support your specialist art retailer by purchasing your materials from the shops listed here

Books • WHAT TO READ THIS MONTH

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