Date: Thursdays, April 17-May 8, 2025
Time: 10:00 AM-12:30 PM Pacific Time (1:00-3:30 PM Eastern Time/6:00-8:30 PM London Time)
Level: All levels welcome
Medium: Oil, acrylic, watercolor, and gouache (Philip will work in oil)
Alla Prima or ‘all at once’ is generally a wet-in-wet, direct painting approach that has been used by countless artists. It can be a tricky but very rewarding process. So, to help us prepare to create fresh, compelling, and successful all prima paintings, we will utilize preparatory sketches to establish harmonic compositions and employ harmonic color palette choices based on various color contrasts. Still life is an ideal genre for this approach because it allows us to learn to control all the elements —the objects, environment, and lightning—to our advantage. Oil color is the quintessential choice for all prima painting (as it stays ‘open’ much longer), but acrylic, watercolor, and gouache are acceptable. Open to all levels.
Each class will include short lectures, demonstrations and lessons based on harmonic composition, color contrasts, and paint handling. There will also be instructional review of each students work. A materials list will be supplied at registration. Philip will be painting and demonstrating the alla prima techniques in oil color.
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