Direct Painting

Painting is one of the most important things in any country’s culture. As literature, music, and other elements of art, painting also is important. From painting, people can discover how any country’s culture looks like so painting is important. As any other elements of art, painting has many methods; one of the most important methods is Direct Painting.

The Direct Painting, which is known also as alla prima or premier coup painting, refers to a method by which the artist applies each stroke of paint to the canvas with the intention of letting it stand in the picture as part of the final statement. There is to be no retouching or over painting after the first layer of paint has dried so this style carries the idea of finished a painting in a single application of paint in one sitting and it does not have any overlapping. It also refers to the painting in opaque tones directly from life. Usually, Direct Painting calls for almost sloppy workings of the brush. In addition, the piece might call for rubbing in multiple directions. Because the style of direct painting is very simple, it needs a lot of planning on the part of the artist since form and color must be considered simultaneously in the creation of the piece. Historically, the style of direct painting has been utilized by the early impressionists and abstract impressionists; the