Alla Prima Portrait Demo

Fully narrated tutorial. Total runtime 1 hour 15 minutes.

• Choosing and interpretation of the reference
• Loose wet-on-wet start, working from generalities to specifics
• Emphasis on how to start painting and refine the drawing during the session
• Skin tones and mixing

Palette: Kings Blue, Titanium White, Lead-Tin Yellow (can be replaced with Nickel Titanium), Yellow Ochre, Transparent Red Oxide, Cadmium Red Light, Alizarin Crimson, Dioxazine Purple (didn't use it at all), Cobalt Violet, Ultramarine Blue, Sap Green, Viridian, Bone Black, Raw Umber

Brushes: big flat synthetic in the beginning, various synth flats and filberts in the middle and mostly small round sables in the end

Medium: mixture of 5 parts turpentine, 1 part dammar varnish, 1 part stand oil. To avoid turpentine I advice to use Galkyd Lite mixed with Gamsol 50/50. Or any lean medium.