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Welcome
Vol. 56: No. 8: Issue 628
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Editorial Consultants Diana Armfi eld RA, NEAC (Hon), RWS, With summer nearly upon us, what
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Contents
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21 31
26 Paint more veg!
IN EVERY ISSUE Part 2 Follow a five-stage sequence to create
a vibrant and original collage of vegetables,
7 Diary 77 Books with Hazel Jarvis
Art events, exhibitions, news, R eviews of the latest practical
lectures and more and inspirational art books 31 Grand interiors
How to create the impression of detail when
8 Exhibitions 78 Online gallery painting interiors and practise traditional oil-
Some of the best UK shows Jane Stroud chooses a painting painting techniques, with Paul Minter
found on PaintersOnline
10 Art clubs
36 Beginner’s watercolour
News, events, lectures,
Part 8 Follow colour-mixing advice and paint
exhibition listings and artwork
a simple summer landscape in easy stages, by
Stephen Coates
FEATURES 42 Let’s draw
Part 8 Experiment with toned and textured
papers as you develop your drawing skills,
14 Among the artefacts
with Elena Parashko
Journey through ancient buildings and
their treasures as you practise a variety
of subtle watercolour techniques, with 46 The limited palette
David Bellamy Save money, simplify decisions and avoid
muddy colours by following Steve Strode’s tips
On the cover
21 Painting project and techniques for painting with a limited
David Bellamy El Deir, watercolour
Part 2 Follow Alison Nicholls as she paints palette
on Saunders Waterford 140lb Hot-
pressed paper, 12½x19in. (31x48cm). an African elephant in watercolour
Follow David step by step as you 51 Along the right lines
practise a variety of watercolour
Part 1 Find your own style of drawing and
24 Painting project
techniques to capture atmosphere
level of finish with Anthony Nield’s practical
and heat (pages 14-19) Part 1 Make a tonal scketch from a
advice for drawing with ink
photograph, with Paul Clark
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Next month’s
highlights
Step into summer with the September issue
of Leisure Painter. Follow demonstrations, tips
and techniques as you draw and paint fl owers,
landscapes, buildings, garden scenes and more
ON SALE 15 JULY
● How to boost your
inspiration and output
● SUMMER ACRYLICS
How to paint
●
effective skies
Step-by-step summer
●
landscape
Capture a tree in
●
easy stages
● Beginner’s watercolour
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– simple perspective
● Let’s draw – practise
with water-soluble
NEWS, OFFERS AND COMPETITIONS pencils
▲ Milly England Liberty, London.
6 Take your place on Grahame Booth’s live webinars ● A room with a view Follow Milly’s tips & techniques for
developing your creative output next
– fi nd the perfect
12 News from Patchings Art, Craft & Design Festival month
balance with water-
2022 (11-14 July)
soluble oils
20 Join a live webinar with David Bellamy WIN
PRIZES ● Sketch in the garden
30 News from our vibrant online
in our with gouache
LEISURE PAINTER
community, Studio
Platinum Jubilee
ON-SALE DATES
50 Looking for more great content? competition ● Practise painting
water, boats and Issue On sale
Visit our website at PaintersOnline (see page 74)
October 19 August
refl ections
72 Book your place on our exclusive November 16 September
workshops with Jenny Aitken and Adebanji Alade ● Depict detail with December 21 October
colour
76 Save 20% when you buy your art books from our online
bookshop at PaintersOnline ● ... and lots more!
56 Focus on boats
Part 1 How to sketch and paint boats and refl ections realistically
while working from a photograph, with Murray Ince
59 Gouache - through thick and thin
Part 2 Use gouache in an opaque way to create a poster-style
painting,reminiscent of the 1930s, by Andy Walker
62 Animal textures
Part 3 Follow Lucy Swinburne step by step as she captures a
delightful rottweiler puppy with pastel pencils
62 Explore watercolour
Part 8 Brian Smith concludes this series with a critique of a
student’s work, looking at how a painting can be improved by
▲ Stephen Coates continues his popular watercolour series for beginners with a
bold application of paint
look at how to create the effects of aerial and linear perspective
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Paint along LIVE on Zoom with watercolour
artist Grahame Booth!
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Wed 13 July at 11am-12pm (BST)
In this online session, Grahame Booth
will suggest useful accessories for your
travelling painting kit. You will then cover
the importance of negative and positive
painting to create variety and save light,
as Grahame paints the Cotswolds.
▲ Cotswolds webinar reference photograph
● Everyone who signs up for a webinar ● The webinar will be recorded and
will receive Grahame’s suggested made available to watch again for
materials list and reference everyone who registered, the day
photograph for the session via email. after the live session.
▲ Grahame’s fi nished painting from webinar one ▲ Grahame’s fi nished painting from webinar two
Grahame Booth paints only in
watercolour and clearly remembers
the problems and frustrations of
learning watercolour. He has been
passing on lessons and techniques
accumulated over more than 25 years,
that are proven to ease the way.
BOOK YOUR PLACE: bit.ly/GBCotswolds
D
iary
THINGS TO DO THIS MONTH
▲ Vincenzo Foppa The Young Cicero Reading c. 1464, The Wallace Collection
The Wallace Collection will be running an online Zoom
webinar on the Techniques of the Old Masters, on Wednesday
6 and Thursday 7 July, 2 to 4pm. Tutored by Dr Changal ▲ Laura Hope Micheal, coloured pencil, wax pastels, oil stick and acrylic
gouache, 33½x23½in. (85x60cm), winner of the De Laszlo Foundation Award
Brotherton-Ratcliffe, the workshop looks closely at materials
at this year’s Royal Society of Portrait Painters’ exhibition
and techniques to discover how some of the finest paintings
in the Wallace Collection were created. Each course is 120
minutes, including a five-minute break and Q&A session with
the tutor. Tickets must be pre-booked at the Wallace Collection, The annual Royal Society of Portrait Painters’ (RP) exhibition
www.wallacecollection.org at the Mall Galleries, London from 5 to 14 May brought
together the best of today’s portrait artists under one roof.
The winners have now been announced and include Laura
Hope’s sensitive portrait of Micheal, which was awarded
the De Laszlo Foundation Award. Laura writes: ‘Micheal is a
portrait artist who lives near me. I met him last year and he
asked if I would sit for him. I agreed only if he would sit for
me... I believe drawing can be just as exciting as painting so
I like to show how alive drawing can be. I’ve been drawing
since I can remember and there is an emotional quality that
I haven’t quite found with paint yet. You can really dig into
a piece quite aggressively with pencils and crayons, in a way
▲ Sketching boats in the harbour at the Suffolk Sketchfest
that you can’t do with a brush.’ For more information about the
RP and other award winners go to www.therp.co.uk
Organised by the painting holidays and workshop organiser,
Art Safari, the Suffolk Sketchfest, from 5 to 7 August, is a
three-day celebration of sketching the coast and wildlife
Opportunities
around the River Deben in the beautiful town of Woodbridge.
There are over 40 sketching events to join – from free The Niddart Trail 2022
artist-led sketchbook walks and keeping a nature journal, to The Niddart Trail is now accepting entries to this year’s
painting an expanse of sky. Art Safari artist tutors will lead event, which runs from 19 to 29 August. As last year, the
the events including Mary-Anne Bartlett, Claudia Matt, Mark organisers will be continuing with an online event as well
Boyd and Ian Sedge. The workshops are open to everyone as an actual trail to welcome visitors to artists’ studios.
and equipment lists will be provided. For full details visit The voluntary theme for this year is ‘celebration’. For full
www.artsafari.co.uk or telephone [phone]. details and to enter go to https://niddart.org.uk
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E
xhibitions
Royal Academy of Arts
■
Piccadilly W1. 020 7300 8000;
www.royalacademy.org.uk
‘Summer Exhibition’: a celebration of art
and creativity, 21 June to 21 August.
JANE STROUD RECOMMENDS ■ Tate Britain
Millbank SW1. 020 7887 8888;
www.tate.org.uk
‘Walter Sickert’, until 18 September.
Tate Modern
■
Bankside SE1. 020 7887 8888;
www.tate.org.uk. ‘Surrealism Beyond
Borders’, until 29 August.
William Morris Gallery
■
Lloyd Park, Forest Road, Walthamstow E17.
020 8496 4390; www.wmgallery.org.uk
‘Joy and Solace: Frank Brangwyn and Music’,
until 2 April 2023.
REGIONAL
Ashmolean Museum
■
Beaumont Street, Oxford. 01865 278000;
www.ashmolean.org.
‘Pre-Raphaelites: Drawings & Watercolours’,
15 July to 27 November.
Compton Verney Art Gallery
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Warwickshire. 01926 645500;
www.comptonverney.org.uk
‘Portraits from the National Portrait Gallery’,
until 4 September.
Driftwood Gallery at Photovogue
■
▲ Rosalinda Kightley Spring Bunch, acrylics, 8¾x11½in. (22x29cm) 145c Connaught Avenue, Frinton-on-Sea,
Essex. www.artbyirenagrazia.com/
‘Art, Purpose, Hope’: ipaint4hope-charity-
Guildford Arts summer exhibition returns with an exuberant and colourful art-exhibition, until 29 July. Online until
display of work by over 20 local and national artists. The exhibition, which takes 12 August.
place at The Mill Studio, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford, features ceramics, The Granary Gallery
■
wood, prints, glass, paper and photography as well as paintings and drawings. Dewar’s Lane, Berwick-upon-Tweed.
On two Meet the Artist Saturdays, artists will be on hand to chat to visitors about www.maltingsberwick.co.uk
their work and techniques. Guildford Arts summer exhibition runs from 6 to ‘Truth and Beauty’: the 20th century British
art of pioneering collector Helen Sutherland,
21 July. Open Monday to Saturday from 10am to 5pm; admission is free. For
until 9 October.
more information visit www.guildfordarts.com
Harbour House
■
The Promenade, Kingsbridge, Devon.
LONDON 01548 854708; www.harbourhouse.org.uk
‘4B Artists – On and Off the Wall’, until
■ Bankside Gallery ■ National Gallery
26 June. ‘Land to Sea’: Helena Clews and
48 Hopton Street SE1. 020 7928 7521; Trafalgar Square WC2. 020 7747 2885;
Linda Tudor, 28 June to 3 July.
www.banksidegallery.com www.nationalgallery.org.uk
The Holburne Museum
‘Society of Designer Craftsmen: ‘The Credit Suisse Exhibition: Raphael’, ■
Transformations’, until 26 June. ‘The Life and until 31 July. ‘Picasso Ingres: Face to Face’, Great Pulteney Street, Bath.
Works of Maurice André Kaspar 1892-1946’, bringing together Picasso’s Woman with 01225 388569; www.holburne.org
12 to 17 July. ‘Laurel Holloman: Deep Dive’, a Book from the Norton Simon Museum, ‘Love Life: David Hockney Drawings
20 to 31 July. California, with the painting that inspired 1963-1977’, until September 18.
it, Madame Moitessier by Jean-Auguste-
■ Chelsea Old Town Hall ■ Jerram Gallery
Dominique Ingres, until 9 October.
King’s Road, SW3. Half Moon Street, Sherborne, Dorset.
National Maritime Museum
www.chelseaartsociety.org.uk ■ 01935 815261: www.jerramgallery.com
‘Chelsea Art Society’: 73rd annual exhibition, Greenwich. 020 8858 4422 ‘Francis Bowyer and Robert E. Wells’,
16 to 20 June. www.rmg.co.uk 25 June to 13 July. ‘Summer Selection’,
‘Canaletto’s Venice Revisited’, 15 July to 31 August.
Mall Galleries
■
until 25 September.
Laing Art Gallery
The Mall SW1. 020 7930 6844; ■
www.mallgalleries.org.uk ■ Osborne Studio Gallery New Bridge Street, Newcastle upon Tyne.
‘Plantae 2022’: The Society of Botanical 2 Motcomb Street SW1. 020 7235 9667; 0191 278 1611; www.laingartgallery.org.uk
Artists, until 18 June. ‘Huaicun’s World www.osg.uk.com ‘Liquid Light: Painting in Watercolours’,
Blossom’: solo exhibition, 11 to 23 July. ‘New ‘Clementine St John Webster’, celebrating the Laing Art Gallery’s
English Art Club’: 23 June to 2 July. 21 June to 9 July. watercolour collection, until 13 August.
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The Lightbox
■
Chobham Road, Woking. 01483 737800;
www.thelightbox.org.uk
‘The Ingram Collection & The Fry Art Gallery:
Bawden, Ravilious and the Art of Great
Bardfield’, 9 July to 9 October.
The Munnings Art Museum
■
Castle House, Dedham, Colchester.
01206 322127;
www.munningsmuseum.org.uk
‘Alfred Munnings: The Art of the Poster’,
until 23 October.
Penlee House Gallery
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Morrab Road, Penzance. 01736 363625;
www.penleehouse.org.uk
‘Walter Langley’: major retrospective
exhibition, until 1 October.
Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts
■
University of East Anglia, Norfolk Road,
Norwich. 01603 593199;
www.sainsburycentre.ac.uk
‘Scottish Women Artists: Transforming
Tradition’, until 3 July. ‘Pablo Picasso: The
Legacy of Youth’, until 17 July.
Sarah Wiseman Gallery
■
40-41 South Parade, Summertown,
Oxford. 01865 515123; www.wisegal.com
‘Contradictions’: solo exhibition by award-
winning artist Ade Adesina, until 2 July.
Victoria Art Gallery
■
Bridge Street, Bath. 01225 477233;
www.victoriaga.org.uk
‘Bath Society of Artists 117th annual
exhibition’, until 2 July. ‘Mary Fedden:
Simple Pleasures’, 9 July to 16 October.
‘Michael Chaitow: Paintings from Nature –
Bath and its Surrounds’, 9 July to 16 October.
Walker Art Gallery
■
William Brown Street, Liverpool.
0151 478 4199;
www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk
‘The Tudors: Passion, Power and Politics’,
▲ Charlotte Sorapure Night Still Life, oil on linen, 24x18in. (61x46cm)
until 29 August.
Watts Gallery
■
Down Lane, Compton, Surrey. 01483 810235; The New English Art Club (NEAC) was founded by a group of artists dissatisfied with
www.wattsgallery.org.uk
the attitudes of the Royal Academy and held their first show in 1886, featuring
‘A Fragmented Legacy: G F Watts and
paintings by, amongst others, Clausen, Sickert and Stanhope Forbes. Today, the society
Sculpture’, 28 June to 2 October.
is made up of elected contemporary painters who represent some of the very best in
York Art Gallery
■ figurative, observational and painterly work in the UK. Its annual exhibition, at the
Exhibition Square, York. 01904 687687;
Mall Galleries, London, from 23 June to 2 July, is the highlight of its calendar, showing
www.yorkartgallery.org.uk
works by members as well as by emerging artists selected from open submission.
‘Aesthetica Art Prize 2022’, 24 June to
A programme of workshops and demonstrations will be given by society members
18 September.
throughout the exhibition. Go to www.mallgalleries.org.uk or telephone [phone]
SCOTLAND
6844. For details of other NEAC events visit www.newenglishartclub.co.uk
Scottish National Gallery
■
of Modern Art (Modern Two)
The Scottish Gallery
of well-known Scottish faces, including Billy ■
73 Belford Road, Edinburgh. 0131 624 6200;
Connolly, Alan Cumming, Annie Lennox, 16 Dundas Street, Edinburgh.
www.nationalgalleries.org
Joan Eardley, Sir Chris Hoy and Naomi 0131 6558 1200; www.scottish-gallery.co.uk
‘Barbara Hepworth: Life & Art’,
Mitchison, on display now. Contact the ‘James Morrison – A Celebration’,
until 2 October.
gallery for details. until 25 June.
Scottish National
■
Portrait Gallery
All information given here is correct at the time of going to press, but you are
73 Belford Road, Edinburgh. 0131 624 6200;
advised to check details and opening times with the galleries prior to your visit
www.nationalgalleries.org in case of unavoidable alterations to their exhibition schedules.
‘The Modern Portrait’: featuring a selection
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rt clubs
OVER TO YOU FOR THE LATEST NEWS ON
CLUB EXHIBITIONS AND ACTIVITIES
▲ Pastel demonstration with Gareth Jones
‘Society members were very pleased
with the success of the exhibition held
in the Neuadd Dyfi over the Easter
week, with plenty of visitors and a
good number of pictures and cards
sold. One lucky winner was pleased
to claim our raffle prize picture by
professional artist Gareth Jones. If
you missed it, don’t worry, a further
exhibition is planned for 27 July to
3 August. The exhibition has
encouraged people to have a go
themselves. We are a friendly group
who meet every first and third
Tuesday of the month. We have a
wide and varied programme so there
should be something of interest
for everyone. For example, a few
hardy souls intend to go plein-air
painting locally in May, weather
permitting. Those less hardy will
remain in the hall! At the end of
May we have a coach trip organised
▲ Sue Allen Bouley Bay, mixed media, 15¾x19¾in. (40x50cm) best in show winner at the Altrincham
Society of Artists’ spring exhibition to the International Watercolour
Masters exhibition at Lilleshall Hall in
Shropshire and in June professional
artist, Sandy Craig, will visit us. July
Sue Allen’s work, Bouley Bay (above) won the public’s vote in the Altrincham Society will see us all very busy preparing for
of Artists’ recent spring exhibition. Established in 1937, there are currently 164 our summer exhibition.
members who enjoy a lively programme of events and have access to the studio any ‘We believe in helping each other,
day of the week. Events range from informal painting sessions to demonstrations so whatever your level, there will be
and formal workshops. Unfortunately the studio wasn’t in use during the Covid someone willing to share tips to help
restrictions, but there was a great deal of activity online. A monthly challenge was you improve. If you’d like to find
set for everyone, and members kept in touch with each other by painting a postcard out more, why not take the plunge
and sending a copy of it to the group. In addition, some members posted examples and give us a go. You’re welcome
of their work for others to copy then gave their comments online. The monthly to drop by or email the chairman:
challenge proved so popular that it has continued even though the studio is now [email protected]’
open again. In the summer, weekly outdoor sketching sessions are held in various Sheila Burgess, Aberdyfi Art Society
local locations. The society’s website is regularly updated. For more information and to
see other winning work by members, go to www.altrinchamsocietyofartists.org.uk
Derriford Art Club
■
Annual exhibition at Clearbrook Village Hall,
near Plymouth, PL20 6JD, from 12 to 14
Exhibitions
August, 10.30am to 4.30pm each day.
Deepings Art Club
■
■ Christchurch Arts Guild Exhibition at The Willoughby Memorial ■ Felixstowe Art Group
Exhibition at the Red House Museum, Quay Trust Gallery, Moreleys Lane, Corby Glen, 70th annual exhibition at the Trinity
Road, Christchurch BH23 1BU, 18 June to Lincolnshire NG33 4NL (just off the A151 Methodist Church Hall, Orwell Road,
17 July. Open Wednesday to Saturday, between Colsterworth and Bourne), from Felixstowe IP11 7DR, from 2 to 6 August,
10am to 4pm, 12 to 4pm on Sunday. Visit 13 July to 3 August. Open Tuesday to Sunday 10am to 6pm; closing at 5pm on final day.
www.christchurchartsguild.co.uk from 12 noon until 5pm. Admission free. Visit www.felixstoweartgroup.org
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