Alla Prima or is it primavera? - oil
60x80cm oil on linen canvas. I had a brief today. I was going to paint my friend at Marshchapel Arts Exhibition, which continues until Monday. The aim was for likeness and energy. She was pleased with it as I have caught her in all aspects down to a T, apparently. The whole process, interpsersed with coffee and vanilla swirl butter biscuits was between 2-2.5 hours.
About the Artist
Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley
"The good painter has to paint two principal things, that is to say, man and the intention of his mind. The first is easy and the second difficult, because the latter has to be represented through gestures and movements of the limbs." (MK388) From: Leonardo da Vinci: The Graphic Work, p16, J…
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