Day 2 and exercise in the morning was a typical Paris scene, looking into the light. This was an exercise is tone, light and composition, with I suppose the most difficult being the pedestrian crossing and perspective.
Here is my rendition:
In the afternoon we moved outside for a spot of plein air painting. And literally just outside the hotel in Cadeques (Llane Petit) is this great little bay with picture postcard boats high up on the shingle beach:
As always, Joseph spent a lot of time with the students and offering guidance and help along the way, as wel as a critique the end of the painting. Joseph's comments on this one - foreground too small (or horizon not high enough), shadow on road too warm and too much detail in the foreground.
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