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Alla Prima Portraiture with Noah Layne
Alla Prima Portraiture with Noah Layne
Learn Alla Prima techniques for painting portraits!
Alla Prima, also known as wet-on-wet, is fast and dynamic. Watch as Noah paints over his paint layers before they have dried. Noah will show you classical techniques for painting a realistic portrait, including the use of plumb lines, comparative measurement, and tilt angle to find correct proportions. Learn from Noah how to mix colours, and hear his insight into how to think about colours while painting.
If you are interested in seeing how to complete a layered oil painting in one sitting than this is the session for you!
Materials
Gamblin Artist's Oil Colors: Titanium White, Yellow Ocher, Cadmium Red Light, Burnt Sienna, Alizarin Permanent, Ultramarine Blue, Viridian, Burnt Umber, Ivory Black
Gablin Gamsol Odorless Mineral Spirits
Buzz Canvas Panels: 12” x 12”
Opus Denman Brush: Round 0, 2, Bright 0, 2, Filbert 0, 2, 6
Opus Legato Brush: Round 0, Filbert 0, 2, 6
Opus Mezzo Brush: Filbert 6
Opus Bravura Brush: Round 0
Opus Allegro Brush: Round 3/0
Princeton Select Artiste Series 3750 Brushes – Liner: 10/0
Paper towels
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Hosted by Opus Art Supplies & our Experience leader
Noah Layne (1979-) is a Canadian award winning realist artist based out of his studio in Victoria, BC, Canada. He has shown his work in shows and galleries across North America and been short listed for Canada’s National Portrait Competition “The Kingston Prize”, as well as being a Hudson River Fellow in New York. Noah has been painting and drawing since he was very young. Noah is passionate about sharing his knowledge and has been teaching since 2008. He founded the Noah Layne Academy of Realist Art in 2014. “The beauty of the world and the way light falls and caresses across forms is seductive to me, be it a face, a lemon or a tree. I try to capture, in my work, some truth of the world as I see it.” – Noah LayneWebsite: noahlayne.com
Instagram: @noahlayneartist
Facebook: @noahlayneacademy
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