Mastering Direct Painting: Alla Prima and Beyond
Online Pre-Recorded | Available
This 3 day online webinar Eric will cover a variety of different applications of direct painting wet-on-wet. Everything you need to know to execute a painting will be covered from color mixing, composition, controlling brushstrokes and rendering. There will be a strong emphasis on approaching the painting from very simple and general to specific and particular, this is all in order to successfully make the painting accurate in its proportions, light effect, and subtle coloration. Each day you can expect a new 6 hour painting demo. By the end you will have the painterly tools to tackle a multitude of different situations and create a fresh painting.
Each day is recorded and students will have unlimited access to all 18 hours of demos.
Day 1: Alla Prima: Still Life
Day 2: Painterly Application Impressionistic Landscape
Day 3: Portrait- Mastering The Eyes
Eric Johnson
Eric Johnson is a dedicated painter and esteemed instructor at The Academy of Realist Art Boston, passionately committed to preserving and advancing the rich tradition of painting. Currently serving as the principal online atelier program instructor at ARA Boston, he also conducts private online lessons from his well-equipped home studio. Eric's unwavering ambition lies in weaving his own artistic link within the chain of tradition, diligently mastering the working techniques employed by the revered old masters whom he deeply admires. By integrating these methods into his own artistic process, he aims to achieve a remarkable level of authenticity and fidelity in his diverse range of subjects, spanning from captivating portraits to evocative still life and captivating landscapes. With each new encounter with beauty and truth, Eric yearns to present a fresh perspective that unveils the timeless beauty and eternal truths, albeit seen through a distinct lens and colored by a unique artistic medium.