After a year of learning how to paint, I have finally understand the "wet on wet" technique.
Wet-on-wet, is a painting technique in which layers of wet paint are applied to previously administered layers of wet paint. Used in oil painting, the technique requires a fast way of working, because the work has to be finished before the first layers have dried.
8x10 Oil on Canvas - 11/10/22
8x10 Oil on Canvas
Still learning Alla Prima
11/5/22
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wet-on-wet, or alla prima (Italian, meaning at first attempt), direct painting or au premier coup, is a painting technique in which layers of wet paint are applied to previously administered layers of wet paint. Used mostly in oil painting, the technique requires a fast way of working, because the work has to be finished before the first layers have dried.
Traditionally, a new layer of oil-based paint is applied to most parts of a painting only after allowing a previous layer to dry completely; this drying process can take from several days to several weeks, depending on the thickness of the paint. In contrast, work performed using alla prima can be carried out in one or more sessions (depending on the types of paint used and their respective drying times), and it is common for such a work to be finished in only one session or "sitting".
In the medium of watercolors, wet-on-wet painting requires a certain finesse in embracing unpredictability. Highly translucent and prone to accidents, watercolor paint will bloom in unpredictable ways that, depending on the artist's frame of mind, can be a boon or a burden.
I should try watercolors
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I have finally figured it out! only took about a year. I started painting in late 2021.
Oil paint on 8x12 canvas
Oil Blue Sky Mountain Range on a Cloudy day - Oil paint on 8x12 canvas painted on 10/15/22 using the Wet-on-wet, painting technique, in which layers of wet paint are applied to previous layers of wet paint.
I am using it in oil painting, the technique is fun once learned as it requires somewhat fast work, because the whole painting has to be finished before the first layers have dried.
Fun facts: also called alla prima (Italian, meaning at first attempt). Also made famous by Bob Ross
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