Painting an Alla Prima Miniature

In this one off lesson, I will be showing my approach for painting a miniature (part of my own practice). It will be an alla prima piece – which means that I will paint the entire piece from scratch all at once.

Materials:
Smooth panel or card to paint on
Very small paint brushes
Mineral spirits
Palette cups
Palette
Oil paints; titanium white, ivory black, burnt umber, cadmium yellow, alizarin crimson, prussian blue

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