For my dads christmas present last year, I bought him an acrylic painting lesson. I thought it was an all day workshop for beginners where we’d pick up the general basic technique. Instead it was a bit of a free for all and we didn’t learn a huge amount. Although the best lesson of the day was to another attendee – if one thing is near and one thing is far away then they can’t be the same size on the canvas (think Father Ted, toy cow real cow).

Here are my attempts from the day