Lisa Derrick is a Scottish-based artist and qualified teacher with experience across many mediums. She specialises in semi-abstract acrylic landscapes and brings a warm, clear and encouraging teaching style to her workshops.
Join artist and teacher Lisa Derrick for a hands-on workshop introducing the essentials of acrylic painting. You’ll learn how to mix colours with confidence, apply paint in different ways, create texture, and set up a stay-wet palette to keep your paints workable.
The morning focuses on colour mixing, simple exercises, and playful imprinting techniques that can be turned into abstract designs. In the afternoon, you’ll follow a step-by-step process to paint petunia flower heads – with plenty of room to explore your own approach. Perfect for beginners, but also ideal for artists who want to refresh or expand their acrylic skills.
You will learn: Colour mixing and how colours relate to each other. How mixed colours behave and shift. Techniques for creating textured acrylic surfaces. How to build layers to paint a realistic flower.