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Turning Basin - Gray Day

7/15/2013

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An example of the type of step study that will be featured in my new book, "Mondays with Camille" and Everything Else you Didn't Learn in Art School about Color," due out November 2013.

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Gray day light is one of my favorite lights to paint. Hensche often said that there was more color in a gray day than a sunny because the colors weren't bleached out.  


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Here is a photo of the actual scene, a turning basin in the Petaluma River.

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Step One

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When I look at the sky/ground relationship, the sky appears to be lighter and warmer than anything on the ground. The light planes on a gray day are cool so the shadows notes appear to be warmer when you compare them to the light planes. The scene is backlit so the house is in shadow set against a bright sky. 
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Finished Painting: "Turning Basin," 9 x 12 inches, oil on canvas 

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River View North: A Step Study

7/9/2013

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An example of the type of step study that will be featured in my new book ("Mondays with Camille" and Everything Else you Didn't Learn in Art School about Color) due out November 2013. 

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On this Monday morning, my students gather to watch my painting demonstration of a scene by the river that runs adjacent to my studio in Petaluma, CA.




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The demo was a study of the variation in greens. 

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Step One - It was a challenge to get the far trees on the right to recede, so I stated them cooler and more violet. The trees on the left were started with warmer color notes.  I started the sky with a warm note of color to which I eventually added blue.   

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Preliminary Sketch

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Step Two 

River View North by Camille Przewodek
Here is the finished painting:  "River View North", 8 x 10 inches, Oil on Canvas 

I left the pilings out because I didn't think they added to the painting. I also redesigned the dead grass in the foreground to create some interest. 

I will be posting more step studies over the coming weeks, so make sure to subscribe to my blog at camilleprzewodek.com!

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