Here's a black and white picture of his painting with just the shadow family masked in.
Here is Kevin's almost completed study. You can see why he is the master..
We then went off to paint on our own. I started to paint a very "Monet-ish" looking set of trees--but the energy quickly waned. Kevin came by to critique. He noticed that I was selecting simple subjects and almost always the same. He wanted me to attempt a painting that contained multiple planes. He wanted me to challenge myself more.
After lunch I found an angle of the Adobe Church and began working. Kevin's critique was that it was a solid painting. The building was too low in the composition, making it awkward. The areas of the painting I liked, he didn't and painted over them--we laughed--and I could see his point. Too much detail--no strong shapes....I was mucking around in the details and not looking at shapes.
I had taken my migraine medicine in the morning and by this time in the day the migraine was taking it's toll. Overall, my assessment of the day was that it was not a good day. I struggled in the heat and sun--exhausted and was pretty worn out. I was finding it hard to concentrate on what I concentrated on the day before. The energy of the group that afternoon was very low--we all had a tough day. Even Kevin's energy felt low.
I am hopeful that Thursday is a better day. There's always hope!
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