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54 Demonstration: Peaches and teapot in acrylics Lee Hammond shows you how to practise your brushwork to create this simple still life, step by step Benefit from our fantastic subscription offer and enjoy more step-by-step help with your drawing and painting, every month, with – see pages 18 -19 Anja Dahl is a freelance artist specialising in painting and sculpture. She works as a graphic artist, caricaturist and illustrator, and her illustrations can be seen in scientific literature and specialist magazines, as well as children’s books. Lee Hammond is an illustrator and art tutor. She owns and runs a private art studio, teaching realistic drawing and painting in the US, and teaches workshops throughout the country. She has produced more than 20 practical art books for North Light. For more information, visit www.leehammond.com . Terry Harrison won a place at Farnham Art School at the age of 16. He became a graphic artist, but continued to paint in his spare time until giving up his job to paint full time in 1984. He demonstrates to artists' groups and teaches on painting holidays. He is the author of many best-selling books on painting in watercolour and acrylics. For more information, visit www.terryharrison.com . Renate Klein initially trained as a nursery nurse, later pursuing her love of painting by studying painting and graphics in Gotha, Germany. Since 1994 Renate has been a tutor in portrait drawing at the Gotha Adult Education Centre. Michael Lakin was born in South Derbyshire. After leaving school he moved into engineering, but kept up art as a hobby and began to teach classes in botanical art to adults at Derby WEA. Since then he has exhibited widely. He has a purpose-built studio next to his home, where he teaches and gives demonstrations throughout the year. Glyn Macey was born in Newlyn, Cornwall and completed his HND in Graphic Design at Falmouth School of Art. He worked as a successful designer until 1998 when he retired to devote his time solely to painting. Glyn's paintings can be seen in many collections world-wide and his design work is found in many major high street retailers. Using acrylic, mixed media and an array of mark- making techniques he aims to capture the underlying essence of the landscape, and the people who live in it. Glyn is a regular contributor to The Artist magazine. For more information visit www.glynmacey.com Fiona Peart trained at the Flemish Academy of Fine Art in Leuven, Belgium. She teaches art to adults in workshops throughout the UK, covering a wide variety of media and subject matter. She is a regular contributor to Leisure Painter , our monthly learn-to-paint magazine. Fiona has had several practical art books published. For more information, visit www.fionapeart.com . 8 Tutors Book offers for beginners Special offers on selected art instruction books for the beginner – see pages 6 & 65 Further study AND save money! You can buy all the books by your Start Art tutors, at discount prices, through our mail order bookshop service. Just visit our website www.painters-online.co.uk and click on the links to bookshop, or telephone 0844 880 5853 between 9am and 5pm (Monday to Friday) PLUS Join with our special offer! 49 Getting started in acrylics All you need to know about your materials, colour choices and colour mixing to help you paint your favourite subjects in acrylics, by Lee Hammond 61 Cottages in acrylics Paint this lovely atmospheric scene in acrylics by following Glyn Macey’s step-by- step demonstration 57 Demonstration: Blue-eyed kitten Have fun painting this kitten from a photograph in acrylics, with advice from Lee Hammond RT START