The Artist_s Magazine 2016-03__

March 2016 53

Starting with a quick-drying

underpainting and working with

medium allow an alla prima painter

to make “at once” last longer.

BY ALBERT HANDELL

LEFT: In certain areas of Early Autumn (detail; oil on linen, 24x24)

the trees and the background foliage have different colors but similar

values. The differing colors allow the eye to separate the trunks from

the greenery, even though the edges are lost or subtle.

FURIOUS

FA S T

BUT NOT