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.
 The demo was a study of the variation in greens.  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. |  Preliminary Sketch  Step Two |
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!
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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