Mary Cassatt, John Singer Sargent, Joaquin Sorolla, all used it in the creation of their fabulous art-
Alla Prima is a style of painting where the entire surface is worked wet into wet.
Artist Richard Schmid even wrote a book about it Alla Prima; Everything I know about Painting, which has a wealth of advise and information for every artist .
Pushing wet paint around, the brush gliding over the canvas, long strokes that intermingle, that’s the beauty of direct painting. After working with this direct approach for a month on the 30/30 challenge, there’s no going back to the way I worked before.
In the past it was so frustrating to approach a painting on the 4th or 5th day only to find the paint in a worse than dry state… that gummy in between stage, where I felt like I was wading through mud with rubber boots on. Yes, it’s time for a change.
Some of the most successfully completed work I’ve done were fast and fresh, like this image I did of my husband John-
In the next post; all about my painting process make-over….
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Thank you for sharing. This painting brings me childhood memories of my granddad in his working room in the basement. It’s lovely and I’ll be looking forward to your next post./ Heidi
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I enjoy alla prima too, and don’t blame you for making the change to it. I love your examples.
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Nothing can compare to that spontaneous feeling-
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What’s the 30 for 30 challenge? Ps. Alla Prima is my obsession too.
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For the month of January, Artist Leslie Saeta sponsored a Paint 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge. Painting those 30 paintings, I had many revelations about my painting process.
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Sounds fascinating! I may have to try it even though it’s March. 😉
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