How to create a lifelike pond

Having built a small diorama, George Dent tests a new ballast product aimed at the contemporary Scottish scene, and offers a range of application tips.

A chance buy inspired Chris Nevard to create a little-modelled cameo that you can re-create with some simple weathering and scratchbuilding.

Always happy to try new materials, Peter Marriott experiments with an interesting range of modelling sheets that hail from Belgium.

Rock pools at Freshwater, Daler-Rowney Aquafine Watercolour Artboard (cold pressed surface), 11¾x16½in (29.5x42cms) This is a painting of rock pools near Freshwater on the Isle of Wight. Whilst I was

At a fraction of the cost of a traditional pool, David Pagan Butler’s pioneering organic alternative has a global fanbase and he’s on a mission to share his knowledge, discovers Flora Watkins

REFERENCE PHOTO My photo shows a small hamlet nestling in the Yorkshire Dales in England. My inspiration was the sun catching on the stonework and slopes, contrasting with the dark storm cloud above.