Day 2, copy after Pissarro's "Place du Carrousel, Paris"

I did not have a good night's sleep last night, but wanted to get back to the National Gallery today to continue work on this copy. I had barely managed to cover all the canvas last week, just to indicate general placement and colors, but I had lots of work to do, and wasn't feeling enthused about it. I got there late and only had about an hour to work before lunch, which was going to be with a visiting group from the Loudoun Sketch Club. After lunch, I decided to take a deep breath and start using more PAINT. This actually made things easier. I corrected the size of the towers (cupulas?) on the roof (I think that's the Louvre back there), mixed up larger batches of color, and started laying them down. I mainly worked on the long building in the distance (the Louvre?), and a little bit on the big truncated building in the foreground on the left. My colors still aren't quite right. They are too bright, but I felt better about it by the end of the day, and am looking forward to getting back into it next time, which won't be until January 9.

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