“It was an excellent, intense, and fruitful artistic experience. I learnt about new ways of painting alla prima, tried a new color palette, and new types of brushes. The group was supportive and kind. Arthur is a great painting instructor, and I am really grateful I could participate in the challenge and learn from him.” — Karolina

“This was the most helpful art instruction I have ever received. I am so glad that I signed up for the critique level. Arthur really tailors feedback to the students level and he is very kind. I learned more in these four weeks than the last four years of taking traditional art workshops.” — Susan Brunson

“The challenge was excellent. All fundamentals covered and the concept of shortcuts and seeing form; distinguishing light and dark simply explored. I especially liked that a nude was included and a complex portrait, that of Hannah with a wine glass.” — Liz Maynard

"This has been the best iteration of the Alla Prima course I have taken so far. I found the structure of the course very helpful in bolstering one's skills from painting with a simplified palette and block-in portrait to one that is more narrative or complex. A great course overall." — Perla

"It was exactly what I needed as I had been away from painting portraits for a couple of years and although had been attempting on my own some self-doubt. This challenge gave me the tools to feel confident and new approaches to make it more interesting." — Santiago Perez

“I found the warm ups to be most helpful. I am very excited to be able to download all the bonus reference sets, what I enjoyed the most was the consistent colour palette that I have now been using from the last Alla Prima Workshop. I now use these colours in all my other paintings.” — Jo Telfer