Prior to National Gallery and Red 179

Yesterday prior to joining week one of a City Lit course at The National Gallery (more about this later - I was drawn to the area around The Mall - was trying to capture something of Canaletto's The Old Horse Guards from St James's Park - perhaps there's a hint of it something about scale and architecture - in his Italian works Venetian canals do the work of the big open spaces.

A central London picture without cars

Red 179

and another one without cars..

Here's someone defying convention - not sure if she was off to vote

Red - Makes a nice change