100 Alla Prima Portraits of American Teenagers

In this comprehensive presentation, Natalie shares both her personal artistic journey and her exploration of Alla Prima painting.

Alla Prima, translated from Italian as “the first,” is a direct, painterly process completed wet-on–wet in a single session. Natalie is painting two 14” x 14” portraits a week and explains how she incorporates her Studio Incamminati training into the works.

She also traces the history of Alla Prima portraiture spotlighting the work of Franz Hals, John Singer Sargent and Frank Duveneck as well as contemporary examples from Nelson Shanks and Richard Schmidt.