The Artist Magazine

With warmer days ahead, colour takes centre stage and several of our features focus on the importance of colour theory – whether, like Andrew Field, this is to understand how to mix the colour you need or, like Peter Keegan, you learn to give your work colour harmony and cohesion by limiting your oil palette to just four colours. Penny German demonstrates how to paint a beautiful vase of peonies, with an emphasis on matching colour to your subject and Catherine Beale (using watercolour) and Paul Talbot-Greaves (using acrylics) show you how understanding the value and saturation of your colours, will enable you to paint light more convincingly. And don’t miss Hilary Page’s report on the new Artists’ watercolour range from Michael Harding in which she puts the colours through her rigorous regime to test their quality.

Enjoy learning something new this month