Introduction to Acrylic Painting with Andrew Dockerill (Ely)

Andrew Dockerill is a local artist with 34 years of experience painting in various media.

More recently Andrew has been teaching workshops at various venues and running art courses at Haddenham Art Centre and demonstrating to community groups.

Andrew has a passion for teaching beginners to paint, believing it's a skill that can learnt by all!

A fun and informative workshop where you will complete exercises in Acrylic Painting and a small painting (working from photographs).

Starting from the basics we will cover composition, colour mixing and how to build up a painting using "layers".

The workshop will cover:

1. Materials and brushstrokes.

2. Importance of composition and tonal studies.

3. Wet-in-wet and wet-on-dry techniques.

4. Creating depth with atmospheric perspective.

5. Limited colour palettes.

6. Texture techniques using brushes, masking and resist