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Leisure Painter, 18 Aug 2026

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Read Leisure Painter online with PressReader. Leisure Painter, published in English, is a magazine from United Kingdom. Stay up to date with the current issue, or browse back issues of Leisure Painter in the archive.

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ArticleEditor’s wel­come

A warm wel­come from your editor Wel­come to the Octo­ber edi­tion! It is the per­fect time of year to make the most of being cre­at­ive – whether that means tak­ing your paints out­side or simply find­ing a little more time to enjoy your art. In this...

Editor’s wel­come

ArticleImpasto acrylics paint­ing with tex­ture and depth

Tony Hogan explores the express­ive pos­sib­il­it­ies of impasto acrylics, demon­strat­ing how mod­el­ling medi­ums, palette knives and layered col­our can be used to cre­ate richly tex­tured land­scapes full of atmo­sphere, depth and paint­erly...

Impasto acrylics paint­ing with tex­ture and depth

ArticleOn the cover

Swim­ming in Circles, Teddi Parker, house paint and acrylic on can­vas panel, 8x8in (25.5x25.5cm).

On the cover

ArticleAcrylics unleashed

From vivid col­our and fine detail to impasto, glaz­ing and abstrac­tion, acrylics offer almost lim­it­less cre­at­ive pos­sib­il­it­ies. Anthony Grib­bin, Hon­or­ary Dir­ector of the National Acrylic Paint­ers’ Asso­ci­ation, explores how the medium...

Acrylics unleashed

ArticleFind­ing joy through bold brush­strokes

Col­or­ado artist Teddi Parker reveals how daily paint­ing helped shape her bold, express­ive style. She dis­cusses col­our, cre­at­ive pro­cess, paint­ing with house paint, and offers inspir­ing advice on find­ing your own artistic voice Known for...

Find­ing joy through bold brush­strokes

ArticleThe col­our­ful world of John Dyer

Express­ive acrylics and an unmis­tak­able visual lan­guage, from the beaches of Corn­wall to the Amazon rain­forest. John talks to us about find­ing his artistic voice, paint­ing en plein air and embra­cing spon­taneity

The col­our­ful world of John Dyer

ArticleThe col­our of night

Diane Grif­fiths explores her fas­cin­a­tion with paint­ing famil­iar places after dark, and how arti­fi­cial light, atmo­sphere and select­ive detail can trans­form ordin­ary loc­a­tions into emo­tion­ally charged spaces Artist Diane Grif­fiths...

The col­our of night