Rotonde du Parc Monceau - Final Oil Painting

I started this painting on location in Paris. I then worked again on it in the studio. In fact there is very few I did not touch:

• I glazed over the sky,




• Refined the building, getting more body to the colours




• Corrected the curves of the building




• added a runner. There were many joggers when I painted this view on site and I thought it would look artificial not to have any figure in a public garden.




• The bushes on the left side catch the light.

Rotonde du Parc Monceau - Oil on Canvas by Benoit Philippe

Despite the fact that I worked again on the whole painting and made some additions, I think I managed to keep the freshness that you get when you paint on location. This is an advantage of starting a painting on site and finishing it in the studio.