Sitting for Portraits

Hello my FifiFurry loves and happy summer Monday to you. We've been a bit busy in our little realm with Bella working on her updated repertoire and my being the sweet and loyal companion I always am. It's an important job being darling cute and keeping my little human happy. This week Bella sat pretty for portraits at the atelier. ARA instructor and artist, Juan Martinez led an Alla Prima workshop - one of Bella's favourites. 

For those of you who are new to these classical musings, Alla Prima is a method of academic painting that has the artist working directly on canvas - more Sargent than Inges in its 'painterly-ness' but no less challenging for the artist. The photo above shows a demo sketch of Bella which was created before participants had a chance to practice their own sketches, which being half-day sketches weren't completed for me to post.

Speaking of sitting pretty, here are some portraits of Bella that were shown at the ARA annual spring show by Mary N. As you can see these are a more photographic style than that eschewed by the Alla Prima technique. Whatever the technique, it's always fun seeing Bella through other's eyes.

Cuddles,

Millou