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DIARY • EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS FROM THE ART WORLD

Painting project • Part 1 How do we make the most of winter landscapes when the snow starts to melt? This month, Colin Steed demonstrates how to paint tonal and colour studies of the scene in watercolour

Painting project • Part 2 Learn how to simplify and paint a complicated scene in a photograph using acrylics, with Elena Parashko

ZigZag sketchbook • Perfect for panoramic views and storytelling, the Hahnemühle ZigZag sketchbook is an invaluable artist's companion, by Nick Stewart

ICY TERRAIN • Develop your skills by following a variety of essential watercolour techniques to paint a king penguin, with Kerry Bennett

Develop a sketchbook habit • Part 1 Steve Strode introduces you to the benefits of keeping a sketchbook

Simply drawing • Part 1 Develop drawing techniques as you create a regular practice, with Anthony Nield

Introducing… oils • How to paint safely and confidently with traditional and water-mixable oils, by Tim Fisher

Have sketchbook, will travel • Colin Joyce describes how he made the most of a recent trip to Ireland to fill his sketchbook

Take a humble pencil • Part 4 How to create backgrounds that complement your wildlife drawings, with Conor Smith

How to choose your colours • Professional coloured-pencil artist, Helen Carter is here every month to answer your questions and provide helpful guidance, tips and tricks for using this versatile medium

Step into acrylics • Part 2 How to paint a sunrise over water using a painting knife, fan brush and seven basic colours, by Alice May

How to use your knives

Books • DEVELOP YOUR DRAWING AND PAINTING SKILLS WITH THIS MONTH'S SELECTION OF BOOKS

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

Art Club Challenge

Exhibitions

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WELCOME from the editor

TURNER 250 • A year celebrating Britain's greatest artist

A day in the life of NICHOLAS POULLIS • Regular contributor to The Artist, Nicholas Poullis talks to Sally Bulgin about his life and career as a professional artist

Orchestrating a painting • Caroline Saunders talks to Eileen Curran Chamberlain, winner of The Artist Showcase Award at TALP Open 2024, about her sketchy, expressive scenes from the past that evoke raw emotion

SOURCE MATERIAL PART 2 • In the second of three articles on getting the best from your source material, Grahame Booth shows how pencil sketches can bring your subject to life

A STORY to TELL • In the first of four articles on painting with oils, Tushar Sabale demonstrates a street scene en plein air

JOY of COLOUR • Barry Freeman shares his passion for colour and the uplifting qualities it inspires within us

Linocuts PART 1 • Keith Tunnicliffe's four-part series on creating linocuts with impact opens with a demonstration of how he painted Salts Mill in Bradford, the UK City of Culture for 2025

Winter-scapes in MOUSEHOLE • Lizzie Black embraces the quiet of her Cornish village in winter to paint en plein air. Here she tells us about her painting process

Loosening up • Making changes to the way you stand, hold the brush and apply your paint will make great differences to the success of your painting. Greta Vilidaite shows you how loose brushwork in oils will pay dividends

Find the life in your still-life painting • Just painting what's in front of you,...