“When working in plein air, start with your most important elements,” says John D. Cogan.
“Get your center of interest right, and everything else will fall into place. Don’t begin with the less important things; the light you fell in love with when you set up may quickly be gone. But if you go for the center of interest first and get it right, you can make everything else work with it no matter what the light does after that.
“Even if you don’t finish the painting, if you leave white patches on the canvas, you will get what you came for, and a good painting will be your reward.”
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