The Mission
Mission San Carlos Borromeo del Río Carmelo, or the Carmel Mission, was the second mission built by Franciscan missionaries in upper California. Built in 1797, it is still in use today for Masses and other services. Being restored off and on over it’s lifetime, it just recently underwent a major restoration.
The Monterey Bay Plein Air Painters met there yesterday (Wednesday) for a paint out. About half a dozen showed. Most paid the entry fee, and went inside to the courtyard to paint. Here are a few pictures of the day.
I decided to just do a simple color study of the outside building wall.
It was fun pushing heavy brush loads of paint around to get the texture of the stucco. It probably would have been a better composition if the sun had partially shown on the wall creating more light/shadow, but I painted it like it was. After about an hour, here is what I came up with.
