How to get that effect of bright sunlight? Try using a high key palette. Most of this painting is painted in midtone and light values. The granite ledge was actually darker in the shadow areas, but by not going above a light mid- value, even the shadows say "sunny day". And avoid painting grass dark green. If you look at sunlight on grassy areas, it is a very light yellow green.
I painted with the Plein Air Painters of Maine today, a loose knit group of painters in the mid-coast region of Maine. The only instruction is gained from walking around, looking at the works of other painters to see their interpretation of the scene. I enjoy the comeraderie of being with other like-minded people.
Try a high key painting.
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