Alla Prima landscape painting is characterised by fresh, responsive brushwork, colour mixtures that capture the poetry, colour relationships in the scene and composition and depth that engages and stimulates the viewer’s eye. This could be said of most landscape paintings, but Alla Prima landscape painting stands out as responsive and creative while also being well organised.
Alla Prima studies by the great English landscape painter John Constable have been a primary role model for this thriving tradition in painting. The choice of a scene, whether on-site or from a photo, should have good possibilities for
