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 • THINGS TO DO THIS MONTH

Exhibitions • JANE STROUD RECOMMENDS

How to mix vibrant colours • Tim Fisher answers a recent colour-mixing question set by a reader

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

Painting project • Part 2 Follow Mike Rollins as he paints the tractor in the snow using a variety of brushstrokes and colour mixes

Painting project • Part 1 Robert Newcombe introduces this month's painting project from a photograph, a barn in the woods

PAINTING WINTER TREES

Tucan lavender • Brighten up a winter's day by practising a variety of techniques to convey this sunny scene in watercolour, with Julie King

Nature in detail • Build confidence and celebrate the natural world around you as you paint big and bold paintings with oils and acrylics, by Natalie Toplass

Delicate lines • Try a different way of drawing and learn new skills along the way, with Linda Birch

Art Courses & Holidays showcase • Never underestimate the importance of taking time out to explore new places, meet new people and learn new skills

Acrylics: explore, develop and paint • Part 3 How to paint a trigger fish on a textured background, with Elena Parashko

Try something different: folk art • Part 2 Anne Kerr demonstrates how to paint a traditional flower motif

A beginner's guide to oils • Part 3 How to use traditional oil glazes to achieve a richer, more complex finish, with Paul Minter

Kingfisher • Limited for time? Take out your favourite colours and follow this step-by-step demonstration, by Rachel McNaughton

Soft pastels for beginners • Ready to try a different medium? Over the next three months, Tony Hogan introduces you to the materials and techniques needed to paint with pastels

Don't be afraid of the dark • How to add drama and interest to your paintings by choosing from four essential ways of painting, with Murray Ince

Celebrate nature • Take your painting skills into a new direction and try Chinese brush painting techniques, with Sun Chenggang, Ning Xiangying, Ning Jialu and Miao Hongbo

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

ART BOX • Art products to Welp you develop your skills

Books • WHAT TO READ THIS MONTH

Online gallery • Jane Stroud's selection of works from our PaintersOnline gallery