Perceptual Painting in the Pacific Northwest

Students of Seattle Atelier have been rising to the challenges of painting in a perceptual painting program with outdoor painting built into every class, no matter the weather, year round. 

Many urban settings close to the classroom have been where we head out to work, rain or shine, using the same principles with which we paint alla prima still life in the classroom.

 

Students (above) making Alla Prima copies of the work of Corot, creating their palettes as a scale of relationships, tested and adjusted, before they all go outdoors to repeat the process while executing another Alla Prima painting in the open air on the streets of Seattle.