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.

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Leisure Painter

CARAVAGGIO • A new cinematic documentary

Spotlight on art • A round-up of events and ideas to enjoy live and online

10 TOP TIPS FOR PAINTING INDOORS • As plein-air painting becomes less likely in winter, Elena Parashko moves indoors to give her advice on the best set-ups inside the home or studio

Wildlife in Watercolour • Paint a red squirrel in watercolour and create texture using watercolour ground and tissue paper, by Kerry Bennett

Going for Gold • Capture Autumn's golden palette in acrylics and paint the bright Autumn sunshine shining through trees, with Hazel Money

Railways residency • Tim O'Brien, Artist in Residence at The Greatest Gathering festival of railways, shares how he prepared and worked on site to create on-the-scene artworks capturing the atmosphere

Buildings with Character • Add character and extra dimension to tumbledown buildings with techniques and inspiration from David Bellamy

The Beauty of Decay • Discover how scenes and still lifes of decaying objects and buildings are a rich seam of subject matter filled with a multitude of textures, by Wendy Jelbert

Shades of Autumn • As the colours of Autumn surround us during the changing of the leaves on the trees, you can create these shades and textures effectively using watercolours, by Julie King

Q&A Fireworks • Professional colour pencil artist, Helen Carter, provides helpful guidance, tips and tricks for using pencils to create the effects of fireworks

State of mind • Christine Brownrigg shares how her neurological condition informs her creative journey and how her art practice keeps her motivated

Art clubs • Over to you for the latest news on club exhibitions and activities

Art club challenge • We're delighted to share some of the entries to June's art club challenge of which the theme was ‘Inky Adventures’. Thank you to all of you who entered. We love seeing your work!

ART BOX • Art products to help you develop your skills

ART BOOKS

WILDLIFE ARTIST OF THE YEAR • NEWS, INFORMATION AND ONLINE EVENTS IN THE ART WORLD

Watercolour freed! • In the final installment of this series by Catherine Beale, we explore using white paper as a light source. Hopefully this explorative series has encouraged you to think differently about watercolour and the possibilities this medium has to offer.

CREATIVITY versus PERFECTION • Mike Barr questions the need for perfection in paintings

The Blue Vase • Robert E Wells demonstrates a tonal painting, minimising formal structure whilst evoking narrative meaning through atmosphere.

Westminster Bridge IN THE MIST • Creating nocturne mood and atmosphere, in watercolour, with Cecil Rice

THE AIRBRUSH - a new discovery? • It must have been over 10 years ago that I saw my first airbrush in my local art shop (long since closed). It was a good quality American ‘Paasche’ and ‘Sagola’ single piston air compressor. After a couple of tryouts, I put them into the ‘must get to grips with one day’ box…

WHAT IS AN AIRBRUSH?

TOOLS & ACCESSORIES

BRUSH with the PAST • Grahame Booth continues his travels back to his painting roots, this issue focussing on perspective… the first great leap in his understanding of painting.

A day in the life of SORAYA FRENCH PPSWA • Sally Bulgin talks to Soraya French about her life and career as a professional artist

It's all in those tiny details • Elizabeth Nast about depicting a moment in time...