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Leisure Painter & The Artist Magazine

20 January, 2023

Artists & Illustrators

Winter snow

I STRUGGLED INTO MY LAYERS, picked up my light sketching kit and off I went up into the hills behind where I live. I wasn’t the first to arrive; halfway up the hill I could already hear the cries of e

Leisure Painter & The Artist

Shades of autumn

Autumn brings a splash of golden warmth, when leaves start transforming from green to rich golds and russet reds. It can be quite daunting to know where to start when interpreting a mass of foliage wh

Leisure Painter & The Artist

Going for gold

This sunny landscape of oak trees in Chatsworth Park in Derbyshire is a wonderfully inspiring view, masses of Autumnal foliage back-lit by the warm sunshine. But how can we recreate that warmth with t

Artists & Illustrators

Painting the clothed figure

Every painting’s varying subject matter and scale offers us distinct opportunities and challenges. Before I start any project, I like to consider what I want to convey, what opportunities and challeng

Artists & Illustrators

Reading between the lines

SOMETIMES MAKING LIFE SIMPLER FOR YOURSELF and avoiding overthinking a process gets you further. In painting terms, using flat colours does exactly that and it may even prove to hold the key to more c

The Artist

Watercolour freed!

Into the white - negative painting for dramatic brightness This time I am looking at uses of ‘white’ paper in a painting to suggest a light source, exploiting the benefits of light bouncing back from

Artists & Illustrators

Winter snow

Leisure Painter & The Artist

Shades of autumn

Leisure Painter & The Artist

Going for gold

Artists & Illustrators

Painting the clothed figure

Artists & Illustrators

Reading between the lines

The Artist

Watercolour freed!