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

The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art • Inviting conversation, exploring how narrative art shapes our world

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

Drawing from the wild • Inspired by the ever-changing landscapes of the Yorkshire Dales, artist Jo Garlick captures the character, movement and atmosphere of wildlife and the natural world through expressive soft pastel

Reflections • Follow along to learn how to draw this beautiful scene in soft pastel with Jo Garlick

Painting beneath the surface • From naïve coastal scenes to pioneering underwater paintings, Caroline Appleyard has transformed a love of the sea into a unique creative practice. Combining diving, environmental awareness and bold expressive colour, she reveals how inspiration can be found in some of the most unexpected places

Seascape • Inspired by a lifetime spent beside the sea, Tony Hogan captures the ever-changing energy of the Cornish coast in pastel. Discover how he combines pan pastels, soft pastels and pastel pencils to recreate the movement of waves, sparkling light and atmospheric beauty of an Atlantic seascape

Guiding light • Learn how to capture the drama of a stormy coastal scene in watercolour, combining careful drawing, controlled washes, and expressive brushwork to, create a lighthouse standing against crashing waves

Behind the scenes of YouTube for artists • What really goes into the art tutorials you love to watch? Liz Chaderton explains more

Drawing a glass marble in colour pencil • Have you ever looked at a glass marble and wondered ‘how would I draw that?’ Wonder no more, as Helen Carter shows us how easy it really is!

THE ART OF THE giraffe • Discover how to capture the elegance and character of a giraffe using soft pastels. From building a simple background and mapping values to layering colour and creating realistic textures, this step-by-step guide explores the techniques behind bringing an animal portrait to life

The art of winging it • Inspired by the energy of sport, the dynamism of 1960s illustration, Tim O’Brien explores how expressive brushstrokes can capture movement and character

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

Best in show

Art club challenge: Plein-air • In celebration of the enjoyment (and challenges!) that plein-air painting provides us with, we asked you to share your ‘plein-air’ artwork. We omitted to include this in the last edition and didn’t want for those who kindly sent in their work to miss out!

Art club challenge: Pastel • In celebration of the wonderful medium that is pastel, we asked you to share your pastel artwork and we’re thrilled to be able to present this wonderful collection of paintings.

THE ART WORLD • NEWS, INFORMATION AND ONLINE EVENTS IN THE ART WORLD

Dear Diary • Join us as we sneak a peak into the diary of an artist. Robert E Wells

The joy of experimentation FLOWERS IN PASTEL, GOUACHE & ALCOHOL • Soft pastel artist Richard Suckling shares how combining gouache, water, and alcohol with pastel can create expressive floral paintings full of colour, texture and unexpected creative discoveries

PAINTING MOMENTUM • Mike Barr looks at one of the most important things in the life of an artist

CREATING PLACE in semi-abstract landscapes • Caroline Saunders talks to Michael Hill about the importance of evoking a sensory experience when edging towards abstraction

REIMAGINING WATERCOLOUR...