The Artist - UK (2021-04)

4 artistApril 2021 http://www.painters-online.co.uk

CONTENTS

FEATURES

16 Visual effects and textures

in watercolour

Susie Hodge talks to Linda Saul, winner of

The Artist Award in the 2020 Royal Watercolour

Society Contemporary Watercolour

Competition, about her working methods

59 Be your own best critic

Mike Barr offers some sensible advice about

criticism, both constructive and destructive.

He explains why there is only one critical voice

you need to listen to – your own

60 How to sell your work

online

Marine Costello’s five top tips will help you to

sell your work online by getting it in front of

potential purchasers

PRACTICALS

20 Put a shine into your still life

Lotta Camilla Teale shares her tips as she

delights in painting still lifes that include shiny

objects, such as silver or iridescent ceramics

24 Create a dramatic

landscape in pastel

Cheryl Culver demonstrates how she

captures the beauty of big skies and open

spaces using pastel and includes her top ten

tips for pastellists

PLUS THIS MONTH

6 Your views 9 The Art World

63 Opportunities 65 Books

66 Exhibitions

42 Taking the medium further

In his final article aimed at newcomers to

gouache, Robert Brindley explains that

the medium is not only suitable for plein-air

sketching, but also for mixed media with acrylic

46 Scumbling and glazing

This month Alan Bickley focuses on a few

traditional techniques that will help to add

interest to your oil paintings

50 Explore the creative

possibilities of oil pastels

Robert Dutton shows that oil pastels are

versatile to use and an essential part of the

artist’s creative tool kit

55 Paint watercolour portraits

that glow

Jo W Pickering demonstrates a watercolour

portrait using layering and glazing techniques

28 Bring wildlife to life in

watercolour

Jake Winkle explains how you can use a variety

of watercolour techniques to bring movement

and narrative to your wildlife paintings

32 The expression

In her final article in this series, Ann Witheridge

considers how best to capture the sitter’s

expression

35 Painting trees and woodlands

In the third of four articles on the elements of

the landscape, Barry Herniman demonstrates

how to paint trees and woodlands in acrylics

39 Make a tone study of a

still life

In her new three-part series Adele Wagstaff

explores the fundamentals of making the

transition from drawing into painting. She

begins by focusing on tone, using black and

white to make a still-life painting in oils

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