Tutorial: Painting alla prima oil portrait from the photo

Full process of creating painting in wet-on-wet technique(alla prima)on cardboard. At first, the drawing is done with a pencil, and then we go step by step to see the result together. If you enjoy this video, please like, share and subscribe so that I can continue sharing these on YouTube. If you have any questions about anything I’m doing, please ask in the comments and I will gladly answer! What is Alla Prima technique? (Wet on Wet) Alla prima refers to a direct painting approach where paint is applied wet on wet without letting earlier layers dry. In Italian, the term alla prima means “at first attempt”. Paintings created in this approach are usually completed within a single session. As you would expect, this is a very laborious and time-consuming approach, especially considering the slow drying time of oil paint. Subscribe link: 00:00 intro 00:10 start drawing 03:15 start painting
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