Under The El - Finished

Finally finished it after a few days away from the studio, one for delivering "I Pescatori" to the Royal Academy of Arts as my entry for the Summer Exhibition and the other day spent in the Sussex countryside painting en plein air although this time using chalk pastels. Very near the end I decided to take out all the figures but one as I find deserted streets more interesting than populated ones. I am primarily interested in setting a mood and atmosphere, they are not just a painting of a scene or location that I see before me.