Alla Prima Clothed Figure and Interior Painting
Adult Class | Available
The definition of alla prima is to finish a painting in one sitting. This course will cover color and tonal harmonies, chromatic perspective, application of paint, and composition using alla prima methods that will enable you to create a complete painting during each studio session. The historical subject matter of the clothed figure has been explored throughout the ages. We'll explore the anatomy and proportions of the figure and how to represent the clothed figure proportionally. We will also focus on how the light creates the space around the model and how the model controls the attention of the viewer as a focal point.
Please always bring 3 small panels or canvas boards with different format prepared with grey gesso.
What You Will Learn:
- How to work with the alla prima painting technique
- Strategies for composing a painting from start to finish
- The fundamentals of color mixing
- How to observe and render color and value relationships
- Different methods for applying brushstrokes effectively
- Techniques for representing the clothed figure
START THE TERM WITH THESE SUPPLIES:
• Turpenoid
• Medium: Liquin Original
• Paper towels
• Palette for mixing colors
• Palette knife
• Pizza box (or other box to transport wet paintings)
• Panel sizes: Bring 3 support to paint on prepared with gray gesso. No smaller than 8"x10"inches and no bigger that 14"x16" inches
Winton/Windsor & Newton Oil Paints (40 ml tube) suggested:
• Cadmium Yellow Light
• Indian Yellow
• Cadmium Orange
• Cadmium Red Light
• Permanent Alizarin Crimson
• Dioxazine Purple
• French Ultramarine
• Titanium White (150 ml)
• Ivory Black
• Veridian Green
• Chromium Oxide Green
• Yellow Ochre
• Raw Sienna
• Indian Red
• Burnt Sienna
• Raw Umber
The instructor will talk about brushes during the first class. Bring any brushes that you might already have. If you already have a color palette that you are familiar with and that works for you, please bring your own colors.
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Giovanni Casadei
Giovanni Casadei is an Italian born artist who paints en plein air. He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of The Fine Arts in Philadelphia and at Scuola Libera del Nudo in Rome, Italy. In 1985 he worked as an assistant painter to Dennis Aufiery on a mural for the Philadelphia Zoo. From 1997-2004, Casadei has taught painting at Manayunk Art Center, Main Line Art Center, and Wayne Art Center, all in Philadelphia. He currently lives and works in Philadelphia and is on the faculty at the Fleisher Art Memorial in Philadelphia.