In this demo I will be painting grapes in alla prima technique. I’ll focus on creating a strong silhouette, talk about negative shapes and their importance in painting, and touch on colour mixing.
Duration: 1.5 hours
Skill Level: Suitable for all levels
Medium: Oils
List of Materials
These are the paints in the order they are placed on my palette. I prefer to use a more expanded palette when working in the studio, but this number of colors is by no means necessary. Most of these are constant on my palette, but others get switched out depending on what I’m painting. I mostly work with Master Class paints because they offer the best price-to-quality ratio I can find, and I prefer their thicker consistency, though I also use paints from other brands.
Titanium white
Cadmium lemon yellow
Cadmium yellow light
Cardmuim orange
Cadmium red light
Madder lake / alizarin crimson
Yellow ochre
Gold ochre
Red ochre
Burnt sienna
Indian yellow
Transparent mars orange
Transparent mars brown deep
Raw umber (Winsor&Newton)
Phthalo green
Viridian green (Rembrandt)
Quinacridone pink
Dioxazine purple (Michael Harding)
Ultramarine blue
Phthalo blue
Solvent: Sansodor
Medium: linseed oil
Canvas: Belle Arti Gallery Excellent medium grain linen 35×45 cm (14×18 in)
Brushes: an assortment of flat bristle brushes and synthetic pointed rounds, filberts and riggers
