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contents 7 Learn to draw Simple techniques will help you to capture animals and develop your drawing skills, with Anja Dahl 14 How to draw your dog Create a lifelike portrait of your favourite pet by following Anja Dahl’s demonstration 20 How to draw portraits Renate Klein simplifies the process by breaking it down into simple elements, showing you how to represent eyes, noses, mouths, ears and hair before putting everything together to create a finished portrait Publisher Dr Sally Bulgin Editors Dr Sally Bulgin Ingrid Lyon Advertising Sarah Hubbard Telephone: 01778 392048 Email: sarahH@warners group.co.uk Design Brenda Hedley All material copyrighted; reproduction forbidden without permission. Views expressed are not necessarily those of the publisher. Start Art is published by TAPC (The Artists’ Publishing Company Ltd), Caxton House, 63/65 High Street, Tenterden, Kent TN30 6BD. Telephone 01580 763673 /763315 Fax 01580 765411 Email liza@tapc.co.uk www.painters-online.co.uk the website for StartArt , Leisure Painter and The Artist magazines Printed by Headley Brothers Ltd., The Invicta Press, Queens Road, Ashford, Kent Cover Terry Harrison Trees in four seasons in watercolour. Pages 34–40 34 Trees in four seasons in watercolour Terry Harrison demonstrates how to paint tranquil landscape scenes in spring, summer, autumn and winter, and shows you how to capture trees successfully 28 First steps in watercolour Take just two colours and enjoy practising basic watercolour painting techniques whilst painting a simple harbour scene, with Fiona Peart 41 Trace and paint a fragrant rose Follow Michael Lakin’s step- by-step demonstration and paint this traditional flower in watercolour in easy stages RT START ISSUE 8