Painting process | Kira Mountjoy-Pepka
Video share: How Kira created “Time for Soup!”
Kira Mountjoy-Pepka demonstrates how she has modified the alla prima technique
Kira Mountjoy-Pepka has had to modify her painting process to accommodate her medical condition, but she hasn’t sacrificed her classic alla prima style.
Alla prima or “wet-on-wet” paintings are typically created in one day, allowing artists to work layers of wet oil paint into each other for unique effects. Oils typically begin to harden in one or two days, so the technique is time-limited.
This video shows - sometimes humorously, sometimes devastatingly - how Kira developed her painting “Time for Soup!” amidst her physical challenges.
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