No. 570 Panama Canal Find

 

 

Still Life in Cool Light #2

Oil on Linen Panel

7" x 5"

 

I love this frosted blue bottle. The fellow I purchased it from claims to have discovered it with quite a few more bottles while scuba diving in the Panama Canal. Cool story, right? :)

 



No. 566 A few more studies

 

 

 

Lemon with Cool Light Source Study

Oil on Canvas

 

A few more studies from the workshop. Usually I try to paint just the colors I see. Every once in awhile I'd like to be a little more expressive. I'm optimistic that the principles I learned in the class will give me the foundation to be a little more playful with color.

 

 

Egg with Warm Light Source Study

Oil on Canvas

 

How does the temperature of light effect what you're seeing? Everything painted in a warm light like direct sunlight or your typical indoor bulb will have warm highlights and cool shadows. That is the hightlights will lean toward warmer colors such as yellow, orange and red. The shadows will lean toward cool colors such as blue, green and purple. Keep in mind that this is all relative. And that is where it gets confusing. For cool light, like the light on a cloudy day or the typical fluorescent bulb, your highlights will be cool and the shadows warm. Can you see why I took a class on this? :)

No. 565 Cool Light, Warm Light workshop

 

 

Cool Light Study - Onion

Oil on Canvas

 

Inspired by the gorgeous paintings of my dear friend Janice Kirstein, I recently attend an excellent workshop on painting in cool light/warm light. The workshop was taught by the amazing duo of Janice and a her friend Pat Clayton. I came away with a much better understanding of this challenging subject. Also, I finally feel I can take this knowledge and successfully push the colors of my paintings if I want to.

 

 

 

Mandarin painted with a "warm" light source.

The same mandarin painted with a "cool" light source.

 

 

I hope they teach this workshop again because I want to go back!