Alla prima portrait technique (Wet-on-wet) - Oil Painting with Sinisa Matic

We filmed this alla prima portrait with artist Sinisa Matic in his home studio. It was a lot of fun and very interesting to see his process. It's a bit different to the usual steps you might follow in an academic training however it's based in classical study and follows the main principles of academic oil painting.
We recommend you try it out for yourself! Especially if you feel a bit trapped by the drawing part of the process and want to try a looser approach that still adheres to the representational process of portrait painting.
Sinisa studied classical painting and drawing at the Florence Academy of Art in Florence, Italy and is a very fine draughtsman - his drawings are especially exquisite! You can check his work on instagram here - / sinisamaticart
We hope you like this demo and find something useful you can try next time you're in the studio!
Thanks for watching :)
Emily (admin and artist behind the scenes)

[@patriciozazzini3182]

Subscribed. This Channel is fantastic.

[@alicewhitexo]

This is so cool, thank you for this!

[@theclassicalartschoolonline]

Glad you liked it!

[@yahushaking4367]

@@theclassicalartschoolonline you need more videos with This teacher.

[@canalcerrado2433]

Thanks, excelent demo

[@theclassicalartschoolonline]

Thank you!

[@Kitoifrans]

Good explnation , thanks👏👍❤️

[@theclassicalartschoolonline]

You're welcome! Glad it was helpful.

[@yahushaking4367]

Hi, Sinisa. I have a question. What Ratio You use of turp and Lindseed? Also, Do You have a course? I like How you teach and your works.

[@theclassicalartschoolonline]

Hi there! If you have any technical questions for SInisa you can reach out to him on his instagram account and he'll be more than happy to answer - @sinisamaticart Hope that helps! :)

[@patriciozazzini8302]

Wonderful.I have a question. Did you use pure black for the hair? also what color you used for the lip separation?green and alizarin? Beautiful Model by the way.

[@theclassicalartschoolonline]

Hello, thanks for your question! The hair is mostly Ivory Black with a little bit of English Red to warm it up. There is no green or alizarin on this palette - the two reds we have are English Red and Cadmium Red. The lip separation will be a mix of most of the colours on the palette - Cadmium Red, some Ivory Black, perhaps a very small amount of Yellow Ochre and English Red. Hope that helps!

[@patriciozazzini8302]

@@theclassicalartschoolonline yes I've found black on the face is big no.I am mixing it with viridian or some red.

[@theclassicalartschoolonline]

@@patriciozazzini8302It depends, if you’ll notice we don’t have any blue on our palette. When you mix Ivory Black with White it creates a cool, almost blue colour which is used to cool down the warm colours we are mixing for the face. It is the only cool colour on our palette. But if you are using a different colour palette that includes viridian, that can work too. Painting is also about experimenting and finding what works best for you - thanks for sharing your method.

[@nickrodis6862]

Salamat po!

[@theclassicalartschoolonline]

You're welcome!

[@yssimon9058]

She looks not happy. I'd not feel like painting with that kind of facial look.

[@2blebarrel826]

i think there is beauty in her sad gaze, and not wanting to capture it limits and denies the whole range of human expression, it is valid tho.