New Alla Prima Portrait "Matt Galles"

I had an urge to paint with my oils tonight (I blame the espresso) - and completed an alla prima portrait of my friend, Matt!

Here's the process pics I took throughout the session. Took about 2.5 hours from sketch to finish.


preliminary pencils


rough linework in oils


color and value block in


"Matt Galles" final painting
oils on gessoed panel, 11"x14"


A detail shot of the final painting

Had too much fun completing this tonight, but boy will I be sorry at work tomorrow morning!