On this course you will complete a painting in one session, often referred to as wet-into-wet or more correctly, Alla Prima. We'll begin by going out into the

streets around the school studio, looking with a particular eye at urban compositions with their natural abstract qualities in the frame, paying attention to the overlooked and the everyday.  We will record these images with a camera [your phone camera is ideal] or by drawing [or both], then return to the studio to begin work.  We will be focussing on realism, seen with its inherent abstractness through colour, form and shape.

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Then the fun really kicks in! Paying close attention to colour mixing through using a limited palette, we will keep the approach immediate and responsive, as we work wet-into-wet [Alla Prima]. We will begin working from dark to light, aiming to complete a painting in one sitting.

This system is fun to learn and is suitable for painters with limited experience as well as for more experienced practitioners.