Features:

• Caroline Saunders talks to Nick Grove about his impressionist oil paintings
• Alan Bickley explores four main drawing media and demonstrates the range of expressive marks each can make
• Sarah Edmonds talks to artist Judith Beeby about why narrative is an important element of her watercolours
• Mike Barr advises artists to balance work-based isolation with social contact

Practical painting and drawing:

• Paul Weaver offers advice on painting the fun and sunlight of beach scenes  in watercolour
• Peter Graham reveals his process for capturing the heat and colour of the tropical island of Maui
• Robert Brindley uses gouache to paint the landscapes of the Lake District
• Paint loose and lively seascapes with Kevin Scully
• Simplify your acrylic-painting process with Greta Vilidaite
• Paul Talbot-Greaves offers advice on how to use tone with colour
• In the fourth of six articles on painting portraits in oils, Peter Keegan focuses on facial features
• Catherine Beale demonstrates a lunar landscape  in watercolour
• In an abridged extract from her new book, Painting Birds: Expressive Watercolour Techniques, Sarah Stokes shows you how to paint a barn owl in watercolour

Plus:

• The Art World
• Your views
• Book reviews

All this and more in the September issue of The Artist, out on July 19 - click here to purchase your copy.