# 2 Plein Air Study
The design is unusual with the bridge leading out to the right. But the train comes in from the upper right and the design seems to work. The land mass was difficult but I know it very well and I think I captured the height and depths pretty well. The edges improved from 'At Rest' to this one. Please feel free to offer insight. Only 98 more to go!!
After a few days, here are more technical notes. 1) I like red but the red trestle detracts from the focus. The drawing of cars and rail and engine are incorrectly drawn. Lines hill side to the viewer's right of the train need to be more vertical not diagonal. Can you see it, the one dark brushstroke, it needs to be vertical. The bluish color left and right of train needs to be less saturated, less blue. Behind the hillside is the Monterey Bay. The water needs more saturation and definition. All in all, improve drawing, the right color in the right place, brushstrokes in the right direction, more definition and color in the bay.
Union Pacific Railroad runs through Santa Cruz County between Davenport and Watsonville. U.P.'s major client, Cemex (a cement plant in Davenport) closed this year. The Davenport to Watsonville line may discontinue as a result of the loss of revenue from Cemex. On its daily run, it comes through La Selva Beach near dusk. The railroad bridge and approaching train at La Selva Beach face viewers on the bluff and the train continues along the base of the bluff as it travels southbound. Following are:
the reference photo 
initial block-in 
First lay in of color 
The design is unusual with the bridge leading out to the right. But the train comes in from the upper right and the design seems to work. The land mass was difficult but I know it very well and I think I captured the height and depths pretty well. The edges improved from 'At Rest' to this one. Please feel free to offer insight. Only 98 more to go!!
After a few days, here are more technical notes. 1) I like red but the red trestle detracts from the focus. The drawing of cars and rail and engine are incorrectly drawn. Lines hill side to the viewer's right of the train need to be more vertical not diagonal. Can you see it, the one dark brushstroke, it needs to be vertical. The bluish color left and right of train needs to be less saturated, less blue. Behind the hillside is the Monterey Bay. The water needs more saturation and definition. All in all, improve drawing, the right color in the right place, brushstrokes in the right direction, more definition and color in the bay.
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