Direct Painting

Drawing with the brush and "finding it in the paint"

Direct painting is a technique where you apply the paint onto the panel or canvas without relying on an extensive pencil underdrawing or building up layers and layers of glazes.

Here’s a detailed passage from a plein-air piece that I made in Pismo Beach, CA. created by direct painting. The strokes have a lot of energy, joy, or what the Italians would cal…