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.
 This is one of my favorite spots to paint — our state-of-art, combination wetlands/water recycling facility in Petaluma, CA. Wetlands are a great subject to paint repeatedly because they are always changing. |  This was a very hazy morning, so I am striving to paint the color of the air. In this scene, the air was very soft pink. |
Step One: I overcolor at first with the intention to eventually add color to modify the first color notes I lay in.
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Step Two: As I say to my students, you can tame a stallion, but you can't bring a dead horse back to life.
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Step Three: The dead horse could have been a sky too dark and too blue.
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Finished Painting: "Morning Haze, 9 x 12 inches, oil on canvas
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