Today in studio, we paint Alla Prima -- and it means painting "at once". Unlike the grisaille method, (where the painting is done in stages with wet glazes applied over dry paint), this time, we apply the paint in one application without any retouching. First, I mix paint colours and assemble a range of flesh tones on my palette. The paint is thick and I apply it directly using a big brush, attentive to shadow and colour shapes. Making a painting does take time, and this is the result from our morning studio class.