Painting the Portrait Alla Prima with Denise Franzino

Painting the Portrait Alla Prima with Denise Franzino

Workshop | Available

200 Port Washington Blvd. Manhasset, NY 11030 United States
Indoor/Outdoor
All Levels: High School through Adult
1/23/2026-1/24/2026
10:00 AM-4:00 PM on Fri Sat
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$450.00 USD
$415.00 USD

Painting the Portrait Alla Prima with Denise Franzino

Workshop | Available

Alla prima, also known as "wet on wet" or "direct painting", is a painting technique where we will apply paint to the canvas in a single session. This approach emphasizes spontaneity and immediacy, capturing the essence of the subject in a direct and expressive manner. Essentially, the entire painting is completed in one sitting. I will emphasize the process of making quick decisions about color, value and form. This class is geared toward the artist that has a level of knowledge about the structure of the head and has experience painting a portrait from life. There will be a 20 to 40 minute demo each morning.

 

  • Workshops are confirmed one week prior so please register as soon as possible. They may be canceled due to low enrollment.

    Visit www.theartguild.org/policies for our class and cancellation policies.

  • Canvas, gessoed masonite or any substrate the student is comfortable working on. No larger than 16x12. (10x8, 12x9, 14x11)

     

    All sizes of brushes and types. Being comfortable with your materials is important so you can bring what you are used to working with.

     

    I prefer Winsor and Newton, Old Holland, Williamsburg and Grumbacher paints. Again, what you prefer.
    These are some of the colors I use.

    Titanium white, Raw Umber, Burnt Umber, Black Ultramarine Blue, Cobalt blue, Kings Blue, Dioxinine Purple, Cobalt Violet, Alizaron Crimson, Cadmium Red, Transparent Red Oxide, Transparent Brown Oxide, Yellow Ochre, Cadmium Yellow Deep, Yellow, Veridian,

     

    Gamsol Odorless Mineral spirits.

Franzino, Denise
Denise Franzino

Denise graduated with honors from the Rhode Island School of Design with a BFA in Illustration. She was a freelance illustrator for several years with the New York Times, Double Day Books, Harlequin Books, Avon Books and several other prominent publishing companies before finding her calling as a portrait artist.

 

Denise owes the success she has achieved in her career to the love and encouragement of her parents, and to the guidance and wisdom of her teacher John Frederick Murray. Denise studied with Mr. Murray for 11 years where she was trained in the classical and traditional manner of drawing and painting the figure.

 

In addition, she has taken workshops with John Howard Sanden, Max Ginsburg, Daniel Keyes, Kathy Anderson, Greg Kruetz, Robert Johnson, Ian Roberts, Lois Griffel, Cedric Egeli, Charles Miano & Romel de la Torre. Denise feels you can never stop learning.