Direct painting

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Direct painting, (Alla Prima) is a wet-on-wet painting technique, typically used to complete a painting in one sitting. It uses comparative measurement as a tool to control proportion, value, temperature, colour and edges within a painting.

 

 

Conceptual drawing

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Also known as constructive drawing is the principle of working inside - out. We look to capture the gesture, build perspective and volume using primitive shapes to represent the subject. It's useful when drawing from imagination and practical enough to use when working from life.

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It's useful to be familiar with at least one approach. Although, it's often through focused practice and repetition which gives us the most results.

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I use and teach both concepts for 2D & 3D. Both share a common idea:

that's to simplify!

More information below.

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See the life drawing section for independent practice or book below.