Leisure Painter - 17 Okt 2025
The beauty of decay
CAPTURE
NATURE’S CHARM
Unlock YOUR
BEST ART!
Painting is my lifeline to sanity. Christine Brownrigg
On the cover
The beauty of decay
The Greatest Gathering
Red squirrel
Old buildings
Autumn colour
Painting with a neurological condition
10 top tips for painting indoors
Autumn colour
Coloured-pencil clinic
Editor’s choice
43 Start Art guides
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For all the great content this month from The Artist, including…
Spotlight on art
Brush with the past
A day in the life…
CARAVAGGIO
Spotlight on art
A new tomorrow for the National Gallery
A Letter in Mind
SPOTTED
Oils made easy…
One to visit…
One to read...
One to watch…
NEWS OPENING HOURS
TOP 10 TIPS FOR PAINTING INDOORS
Wildlife in Watercolour Reference photo
Wildlife in Watercolour Reference photo
TIP
Watercolour ground
TIP
TIP
The Wild Side
Going for Gold
Reference photo
Going for Gold
TIP
TIP
Hazel Money
Railways
residency
Railways
residency
Artist residencies
Materials and equipment I used
Tim O’brien
Buildings with Character
Radnorshire Farm
The Beauty of Decay
The Beauty of Decay
Materials to experiment with
TIP
Old Decaying House
The Rusty Old Lock
Discover more
Wendy Jelbert
Shades of Autumn
Mixing your colours
Watercolour techniques used in this project
An Autumn Day
TOP TIP
TOP TIP
Reference photo
TOP TIP
Julie King
Fireworks
Brocade – A ball of trailing stars that fall gently in an umbrella pattern
Chrysanthemum – A big explosion with straight trails
Celebration display
Off-centre fireworks
Planet burst
Helen Carter
State of mind
Art clubs
Art club challenge
ARTBOX
ATMOSPHERE and NARRATIVE in oil painting
Depicting contemporary life
Using white paper as a light source
Unlocking artistic freedom
It’s all in the detail
Brush with the past
Airbrushing – a new discovery
Learn from the Masters
A day in the life
Creativity versus perfection
Ask an Artist
Turning professional
THIS MONTH’S
COVER
Watercolour freed!
THE ART WORLD: find out
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The Blue Vase
Westminster Bridge in the Mist
COMING NEXT MONTH:
BOOK REVIEWS: Henry Malt’s
choice publications
How to Draw
Watercolour Techniques for the Artist
The Natural Pigment Handbook
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Buy these!
WILDLIFE ARTIST OF THE
YEAR
Wright of Derby: From the Shadows
RWS Autumn Exhibition: The Shapes of Water
Josie Dobrin OBE Appointed Chair of the Association of Illustrators
Caravaggio’s Cupid
Turner and Constable: Rivals and Originals
Watercolour freed!
DEMONSTRATION
STAGE 2 Pencil plan
STAGE 3
MATERIALS
STAGE 5 p
STAGE 4 p
STAGE 6
STAGE 8
STAGE 7
STAGE 9
STAGE 10
CREATIVITY versus PERFECTION
BlueThe Vase
STAGE 1
STAGE 3
STAGE 2
STAGE 6
STAGE 4
STAGE 5
Westminster Bridge IN THE MIST
Westminster Bridge IN THE MIST
DEMONSTRATION Westminster Bridge in the Mist
Stage 2
Stage 1
CECIL’S TOP TIPS
Stage 4
Stage 3
Stage
Stage
Revealing the lights
Cecil Rice
THE AIRBRUSH – a new discovery?
STAGE 1
WHAT IS AN AIRBRUSH?
DEMONSTRATION Cuckoo Nest and Snail
TOOLS & ACCESSORIES
STAGE 4
STAGE 3
STAGE 2
BRUSH with the PAST
Linear Perspective
So how did I do with my paintings?
Aerial or atmospheric perspective
A day in the life of SORAYA FRENCH PPSWA
A day in the life of SORAYA FRENCH PPSWA
“I’ve continued to enjoy several very successful three-person and mixed shows, both creatively fulfilling and great for reaching the right audience”
“I’ve continued to enjoy several very successful three-person and mixed shows, both creatively fulfilling and great for reaching the right audience”
SORAYA’S TOP TIPS
Books and forthcoming events
It’s all in those
tiny details
Elizabeth Nast
Elizabeth’s colour palette
Cornelia Parker
Poetry in Motion
LEARN FROM
THE MASTERS:
Turning PROFESSIONAL
Kimberley Keegan
KIMBERLEY KEEGAN
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