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| Morning shadows San Giovanni e Paolo Oils 24 x 30 cms |
It has certainly turned chilly here this week! This is one of the plein air studies that I brought back from Venice in October. I was standing on the bridge looking down at the Campo San Giovanni e Paolo in the morning. I really liked the long shadows cast by the Colleone statue and buildings and posts, and I knew I would have to act quickly to get them down and in so doing not worry too much about the drawing of the statue and column. The facing buildings, all in shadow, could be described quite rapidly. I just needed to be fairly careful about the rooflines and how they all fitted together, and then I could block in the dark shapes with just a suggestion of windows.
This was painted in oils on a small panel, 24 x 30 cms.
Always great those statues or memorials aren't they? To go for the long sHadlow wouldn't be my choice but wow you made a lovely painting of it! Hope the temps will be balmy for you the upcoming week.
ReplyDeleteThank you Rene :-)
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