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Down Towards the Bridge, Tintern Abbey

This was my second painting last Friday. Painted a couple of hours later than the first one, the sun had come out, but at mid-day in August there are little or no shadows. A real challenge then to convey a sense of bright sunlight - the cool colours of the distant trees helped as did the ruts on the path.

It's oil on 10" x 12" MDF board.

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Comment by Michael McGuire on September 17, 2014 at 13:16: Thanks Sally. The changes are very subtle. There's a little more contrast in the area where the track approaches the background trees. And I added some hints of cast shadow (blue) in the track here and there. Anyway, here's the updated version.

Comment by Sally Downey on September 17, 2014 at 12:22: I love this Michael but would be very interested to see how you 'improved' it! Really evocative of the season of mists etc.

Comment by Michael McGuire on September 16, 2014 at 19:05: Thanks Deirdre. I worked on it a little more in the studio a few days after posting it here. Just pushed the contrast a bit more. Reluctant to re-post it - afraid of the plein air police! Glad you saw what I was trying to do.