Ch 3 Light and Form

 Many different subtleties of shadow shapes, it’ll save time when you paint if you group light and shadow mainly then add a few more groups Image result for old master paintings

Texture in shadow is not the same as in light, much more visible in darker half tone (of light side) 
In over cast light upward planes are lighter but there is no shadow side 

Aimee Erickson's painting, "Sarah", awarded Best of Show at the 2014 American Women Artists national Juried Exhibition.


Separate light and shadow despite the objects color 
George Morton, beautiful African-American black young woman portrait, charcoal and white chalk on grey paper drawing. Florence Academy of Art. #loveart

Cast shadows in sunny days tend to be blue because they are facing the sky unless another source is more dominant 
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To create drama light the top half of vertical forms and leave the rest in shadow
Zin Lim... | Kai Fine Art


Occlusion shadows are those created by the form itself ie fold in clothing 
Portraits are often created with 3/4 lighting, low enough to illuminate both eyes
Called broad lighting 
Main light is key light
Lighting on the foreshortened side makes faces appear thinner 
Rembrandt lighting creates triangle of light on cheek bone 

If you want to emphasize local color or pattern use frontal lighting 
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Outline appears in real life and reads well from far away Richard Schmid, 1934 | Tutt'Art@ | Pittura * Scultura * Poesia * Musica |
The width of the rim light is the same as the plane that is facing the light, lighter version of object not necessarily just white 
Contre jour subject blocks light source 
    Colors loose saturation - Contre jour #art, #peinture, #CharlesGiron

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