Alla Prima Process

Alla prima paintings are completed in one sitting.  When I paint a portrait this way, I draw with my brush, minding the spacial relationships between features.  Next, I lay in the darks using full color, to support the forms of the face.  The midtones, the lights and their transitions blend into the previous wet passages …

Ponytailed

  Oil on Canvas 16″ x 20″ Alla Prima More backlight practice.

Delicate

  An alla prima oil 11″x14″