Instructor: Cammie Watson
Monday - Friday
July 22 - 26
9am - 12pm
5 sessions

In this class we will spend time working both outdoors and in the studio. Although Cammie’s background and expertise lie in oils, students may use whichever medium they are comfortable with. Beginners are welcome. In examining our visual surroundings, we will focus on values and light, as well as color and composition. We will discuss contrast, balance, and the ways in which the elements of a painting interact to create a unified whole. There will be demonstrations and one-on-one time with each student to discuss their work. 

Cameron Watson is a third generation painter, author, and illustrator who has received honors from Kirkus Reviews, the Golden Book Club, Reading Rainbow, and the Society of Illustrators.
Her work was exhibited in a solo show at the Cape Cod Museum of Art in 2008, has been highlighted on WCVB TV’s evening news magazine Chronicle, and has won its place in many juried shows, including at the Cape Cod Museum of Art and the Provincetown Art Association & Museum. Cammie’s early artistic training occurred within her family environment, and through self-study. After high school she completed a three-year apprenticeship in Germany with artist and master marionette maker Fritz Herbert Bross. She graduated cum laude from Yale College, where she studied philosophy, drawing, color theory, and sculpture. Her father, Aldren Auld Watson, was a painter, illustrator, and author. Her mother, Nancy Dingman Watson, was a poet and children’s book author. Her paternal grandparents, Ernest and Eva Watson, were painters and pioneer color block printers, and Ernest was founder and editor of American Artist magazine and co-founder of Watson-Guptill Publications.

Her work can be seen at www.cammiewatson.com.