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 in late November 2013.
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September is great painting weather in Northern California, and I am hitting the road with my paints! Next week, I will be a "celebrity" plein air artist and on the awards panel at the Mendocino Open Paint Out. But first, I am headed to the Knowlton Gallery in Lodi, California for the opening of the group show "Bouquets: Gardens, Farmer's Markets and Floral Still Lifes." If you are in Northern California, this gallery is well worth a visit , and it would be terrific to see you there at the reception: Saturday, September 7th from 1 - 4 p.m. The show will hang until September 28th. Here is a slideshow preview of the five paintings I will be showing. (Note - if you are reading this post in a feed reader, please click through to the actual blog for the best quality images). 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. ![]() Here is a gray day landscape study. When I have been asked how I am able to get the light effects, I quote Charles Hawthorne (Hawthorne on Painting), "It is beautifully simple, painting — all we have to do is to get the color notes in their proper relation." This is what I try to do — decide which color note I can see most clearly, put that first color note down quickly, and then that note becomes the key to my whole painting because everything else is related to it. The sky is the lightest and warmest in this scene so I started the color of the sky near the horizon with a warm pink -- slightly lighter in value than the cooler and darker top part of the sky. The warmth in the foreground brings the grass forward. The water was seen as warmer than the top part of the sky. Do you want to get advance notice of the book publication? Sign up for my e-mail list.
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. 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. ![]() Finished Painting: "Turning Basin," 9 x 12 inches, oil on canvas 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. ![]() 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. ![]() 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! ![]() "City Market" 11" x 14" I was recently in Charleston, SC. Here are a series of paintings I did while I was there. They are currently on display in Galerie On Broad in Charleston.
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