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Steve Fleming

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Watercolor Paintings in Camden Maine

I was painting at Merry Springs a lovely park in Camden Maine today and painted these three watercolors.  I tried to keep the focus really simple but tried to capture the early fall colors and dramatic light in the trees.  Again I massed my shapes together to get a solid composition and then put my focus where the best light shapes were contrasted with the strongest darks.  Think about where you want the viewer to look and then make that your goal in the painting.

In The Studio: A new watercolor demonstration

This demonstration had two components in the lesson the first was the concept of contrast and the second was using a rigger to create wonderful textures.  All successful paintings are build on contrasts: contrast of value, color, shape, size, line and every element of design.  This means contrast warm against cool, dark against light, soft