Street Life

Artist Wil Freeborn Talks You Through How He Used Watercolour Pencils for the First Time to Create This Charming Urban Scene

3 Add Other Media

In The Third Part Of Her Series, Kate Osborne Encourages You To Try Gouache And Other Materials In Your Paintings To Develop Your Own Vocabulary Of Marks

The Working Artist

Is maintaining a social media presence worthwhile? LAURA BOSWELL thinks so. Here she offers her tips

10 Minutes With… Jackie Morris

The wonderful illustrator on her passion for painting the natural world and bestselling new book.

Pick The Right Paint

Artist HASHIM AKIB explains the pros and cons of different acrylics

Fresh Paint

Inspiring new art works, straight off the easel

Mix It Up

Oil painter Adele Wagstaff guides you through mixing a colour palet te to create perfect flesh tones

Laura Night

Natalie Milner Delves Into The Life Of This Remarkable Painter Who Broke Boundaries For Female Artists

Wrestling With The Surreal

JIM MOIR IS BETTER KNOWN AS COMEDIAN VIC REEVES, BUT RECENT ARTISTIC OUTINGS REVEAL A MULTI-TALENTED MAN WITH AN ENDLESSLY CREATIVE MIND. SALLY HALES AND NATALIE MILNER ASKED HIM HOW AND WHY HE PAINTS

Full-Colour Painting

ARTIST AND TUTOR JULIETTE ARISTIDES CONTINUES HER EXPLORATION OF KEY ART SKILLS TO EXPLAIN HOW PAINTERS CAN KEEP COLOURS BRIGHT AND LUMINOUS ON THE CANVAS.

The Working Artist

As LAURA BOSWELL knows, it’s never too late to start making art. Here, she shares her inspiring success story

Emma Hopkins

NATALIE MILNER asks the self-taught artist and youngest member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters why she loves painting the human form

Fresh Paint

Inspiring New Artworks, Straight Off the Easel.

Painting Animals With Expression

Dutch Artist Marjolein Kruijt Answers Your Queries on How to Create Animal Portraits With a Difference. 

Jan Van Eyck

GILL HART INVESTIGATES THE LASTING LEGACY OF THIS 15TH-CENTURY FLEMISH PAINTER.

The Tools Of The Trade

IN THE FINAL PART OF HER SERIES, PAINTING TUTOR ANN WITHERIDGE EXPLORES HOW A KNOWLEDGE OF MATERIALS CAN ENHANCE YOUR WORK

Egg Tempera

LANDSCAPE ARTIST JAMES LYNCH REVEALS HIS TECHNIQUES FOR USING THIS COMPLEX MEDIUM TO CREATE LUMINOUS PAINTINGS.

Jill Leman

RECENTLY ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL WATERCOLOUR SOCIETY – THE FIRST WOMAN TO HOLD THE POSITION – WE FIND OUT HOW SHE BALANCES PAINTING AND LEADERSHIP. 

anthony green

the royal academician speaks to katie mccabe about painting his life story, and explains why he’s never afraid to be a little sentimental.

Chart Your Own Course

Feeling Inspired to Get Outdoors and Go en Plein Air?  Alice Wright Rounds Up Some Amazing Courses and Festivals Around the Country and Beyond Which Will Set You on the Right Painting Path 

Reflection & Movement

With this serene watercolour of a swan, ROB DUDLEY explains how you can capture the beauty and energy of the natural world

Talking Techniques The Outside World

Artist ANDREW ROBERTS tells NATALIE MILNER about his love of paint and showing art with his heroes

10 Minutes With Angie Lewin

The painter, printmaker and co-founder of St Jude’s prints reveals to NATALIE MILNER how nature’s understated beauty inspires her art

Abstract Expressionism

Create a bright, gestural abstract landscape in the style of the 1950s American Avant-Garde with a lit tle help from Dorset painter 

Form Painting

Founder of the Aristides Atelier at the gage academy of art in seattle, Juliette Aristides explains how you can capture form in the style of the old masters 

Paint Like Potter

Learn to capture Beatrix Potter’s animated painting style with Matthew Jeanes’ playful homage to the great British Illustrator

Pen & Ink... On The Go

Former editor of artists & illustrators magazine and urban sketcher James Hobbs shows you how to use pen and ink on the move

Sophie Walbeoffe

The travel artist reveals her fascinating techniques and recounts her adventures while painting the landscapes of africa and the middle east ahead of her latest solo show.

Learn From…The Summer's Best Shows

Don’t just admire great art from a distance this summer – read on to discover how you can pick up valuable lessons from eight of the UK’s blockbuster exhibitions

Alexandria Smith

The Royal College of Art’s newly-appointed Head of Painting talks to us about her transatlantic journey from art student to educator. Interview: RACHAEL FUNNELL