Painting colour and light 2.0 Group run through week one!

NicolaSchofield · 11 Dec 2019, 11:10

I've been trying to do this using my own photos and, while they're not brilliantly artistic shots, I'm surprised at how many of the lighting situations I can cover.

I don't think I want to put them on Pinterest as there are quite a few with friends' kids, etc. so currently figuring out the best way to organise on my PC.

However, I will share that I once managed to capture one of those spheres illustrators are always drawing, out in the wild:

jdubz · 11 Dec 2019, 16:53

Here's what I have so far - getting there a bit late

https://www.pinterest.com/joshwhitedesign/lighting/

I'm going to just keep setting up sub-sections under the lighting category so this should grow in the next few days.

Meta · 11 Dec 2019, 20:26

I'va also started to collect from my private photos ... Having the same problem as @neschof: Too many of my kids. Too many bums I'll sort those out and share the rest with you. And I'm getting distracted with those photos all the time. I havn't seen them for ages.

Laurel Aylesworth · 11 Dec 2019, 21:59

I started a Pinterest board. Feel free to pin from my board:

https://www.pinterest.com/laurel_ayleswor/light-sources-for-svs-class/

braden H · 12 Dec 2019, 14:19

@neschof The sphere... It haunts me...

braden H · 12 Dec 2019, 14:21

REPIN PARTYYYYYYYY! Or something like that We'll all have awesome reference libraries from out collected research.

@Meta @neschof Feel free to share only if you're totally comfortable I totally understand not wanting personal photos on the interwebs

Heather Boyd · 12 Dec 2019, 15:33

@Braden-Hallett

If you know doctor who with David tenant and Billie Piper in the episode called the Army of Ghosts check out the implications of that sphere haha!

braden H · 12 Dec 2019, 20:58

If anyone hasn't been to this resource yet, it is friggin' amazing. I particularly like looking at the Laika movies (box trolls, coraline, etc) since they're physical models lit in real life (so staged, but still real light for the most part I think)

https://animationscreencaps.com/

BichonBistro · 12 Dec 2019, 21:01

@Coley Oh I missed this! Congratulations!

Coley · 12 Dec 2019, 21:24

@BichonBistro thanks

NicolaSchofield · 13 Dec 2019, 12:35

Ok, I've pinned my photos that don't have people in them and now I'm going to take a look at all your lovely boards and join the repin party!

https://www.pinterest.co.uk/neschof/lighting-situations/

@Meta said in Painting colour and light 2.0 Group run through week one!:

And I'm getting distracted with those photos all the time. I havn't seen them for ages.

Yes, a big trip down memory lane!

jdubz · 13 Dec 2019, 20:58

Added a ton of new images and also specifically a lot lot of shadow and reflected light on both men and women for reference.

xin li · 13 Dec 2019, 21:21

@Braden-Hallett very cool resource. Wow

braden H · 13 Dec 2019, 22:03

@xin-li I know, right!?

carlianne · 13 Dec 2019, 22:40

Just wanted to say that I went ahead and ran through the pre-reqs that Will suggests and they were both awesome. Took about 1.5 hours each and was definitely worth it. I took color and value classes in school but it had been awhile, and some of the things they talked about I a fairly sure I never learned. I'm going to get started on this one now!

BichonBistro · 14 Dec 2019, 17:09

@carlianne haven't had time to look at this yet--which courses did you run through first that Will recommended?

peteolczyk · 14 Dec 2019, 18:12

I’d like to join in too if that’s ok. It looks like you’re all getting so much more out of it working together.

braden H · 14 Dec 2019, 18:28

@peteolczyk and and all are welcome at all times Get that reference gathered! Next week we get to start some painting

NicolaSchofield · 14 Dec 2019, 19:49

@BichonBistro said in Painting colour and light 2.0 Group run through week one!:

@carlianne haven't had time to look at this yet--which courses did you run through first that Will recommended?

I just watched them too. It's "light and shadow" and "the magic of color". Will mentions them in the intro to painting colour and light 2.0

As @carlianne found, I knew a lot of the stuff already but it was good to get a refresher and there were a couple of points that were new to me.

Meta · 14 Dec 2019, 21:56

Hello there! I have to say goodbye for now ... I thought, I'd manage to take part in the run-through, but I'm already running through the rest of my life without managing (many birthdays in december, and guess what - christmas!); and from tomorrow on a lot of travelling. I'll either try to catch up when I'm back after Christmas, or I just relax a bit and watch what you guys were accomplishing. Have a good time and see you soon!