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    Painting colour and light 2.0 Group run through week Six!!

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    • braden H
      braden H last edited by braden H

      To those of you still workin' at it, here's week 6! To those of you who feel you're kinda falling behind or somesuch, keep going anyway! This is not a scaffolded course at this point (we're not building on the previous lesson much) we're just exploring different lighting scenarios. So feel free to do this week's homework even if you missed last week's!

      This week is rim light and rays of light!

      Reminder: Everyone's welcome to participate, but in order to have access to the classes and homework you need an SVS subscription. It's worth it.

      Feel free to do digital or traditional. It's all good.

      This week!

      Watch:

      Revisit 'lighting situations and watch the short section on rim light and rays of light. I'm PRETTY sure there's no painting demo for these guys. I am a silly. Watch the demo for 'light beam' as well.

      Homework:

      Continue exercise 9 in the workbook!

      Using either the lizard (quite the lizard) in the workbook or your own drawing (a sphere or object would be fine) AND REFERENCE (this is more for me than anything else because I'm still resisting using it!!!) paint a rim light and rays of light scenario.

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      Feel free to post your work for feedback and support here!

      Painting these lighting scenarios is already starting to pay off for me. I don't ever think I actually asked the question 'what's the light doing' before starting painting. Which is bad. Very bad.

      Is anyone else experiencing improvement from doing these exercises?

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      • Coley
        Coley @braden H last edited by

        @Braden-Hallett I'm definitely wayyyyy more aware of different lighting situations and aware that I should be aware Ha ha. Before I would have considered where the light and shadows were, I would have thought about if it was warm or cool (sometimes). So it's definitely a further education for me and arming me with more knowledge and possibilities for future work.

        https://www.instagram.com/nicoleledrewmay/

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        • braden H
          braden H @Coley last edited by

          @Coley I think I'm in the same boat as you šŸ™‚

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          • burvantill
            burvantill Moderator last edited by

            I find myself stopping in public to stare at an object that is being lit nicely to try and put it in a category; hard, soft, ambient,etc. I'm sure I look like I've gone round the bend. šŸ˜‚

            Lisa Burvant
            www.lisaburvant.com
            Instagram & Twitter & SVS: @burvantill

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            • braden H
              braden H @burvantill last edited by

              @burvantill said in Painting colour and light 2.0 Group run through week Six!!:

              I find myself stopping in public to stare at an object that is being lit nicely to try and put it in a category; hard, soft, ambient,etc. I'm sure I look like I've gone round the bend. šŸ˜‚

              More than one person has seen me taking a photo of absolutely nothing apparently interesting the last few weeks šŸ™‚

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              • braden H
                braden H last edited by

                I edited the original post! watch 'light beam' as well!

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                • braden H
                  braden H last edited by

                  It seems to me that rim light tends to bleed around objects, giving them a nice silhouette (at least in the outdoor shots)

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                  • burvantill
                    burvantill Moderator @braden H last edited by

                    @Braden-Hallett 🤣🤣🤣

                    Lisa Burvant
                    www.lisaburvant.com
                    Instagram & Twitter & SVS: @burvantill

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                    • braden H
                      braden H last edited by

                      I really like rays of light šŸ™‚ I should really use them more often.

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                      • Coley
                        Coley @braden H last edited by

                        @Braden-Hallett nice! looks kinda magical šŸ™‚

                        https://www.instagram.com/nicoleledrewmay/

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                        • braden H
                          braden H @Coley last edited by

                          @Coley Sparkly šŸ™‚

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                          • Coley
                            Coley last edited by

                            Paintinglightandshadowslightingsituationsrimlight.jpg

                            rim light done today. not the best (especially the shadow) but it's done šŸ™‚ Rays of light up next.

                            https://www.instagram.com/nicoleledrewmay/

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                            • braden H
                              braden H @Coley last edited by

                              @Coley I'm finding it difficult to anticipate exactly how much light needs to bend around the object for the rim lighting if you get what I mean. It seems to go further than it should sometimes L)

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                              • Coley
                                Coley @braden H last edited by

                                @Braden-Hallett yup it's one that needs some extra study and reference, and practice! Pretty cool when it works. I'm finding ambient lighting a little easier because it's so subtle lol

                                https://www.instagram.com/nicoleledrewmay/

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                                • braden H
                                  braden H @Coley last edited by

                                  @Coley said in Painting colour and light 2.0 Group run through week Six!!:

                                  @Braden-Hallett yup it's one that needs some extra study and reference, and practice! Pretty cool when it works. I'm finding ambient lighting a little easier because it's so subtle lol

                                  I agree that ambient light is very very friendly šŸ™‚

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                                  • Coley
                                    Coley @braden H last edited by

                                    @Braden-Hallett I'm using it (or trying to!) in my January contest idea. Putting the course work into practice šŸ™‚

                                    https://www.instagram.com/nicoleledrewmay/

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                                    • braden H
                                      braden H last edited by

                                      moar shapesssss

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                                      • burvantill
                                        burvantill Moderator last edited by burvantill

                                        Rays of Light or "God Rays" as I like to call them and Edge/Rim light.
                                        This class just keeps getting funner!
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                                        I added a subtle value change in the rim light. =)x

                                        Lisa Burvant
                                        www.lisaburvant.com
                                        Instagram & Twitter & SVS: @burvantill

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                                        • braden H
                                          braden H @burvantill last edited by

                                          @burvantill said in Painting colour and light 2.0 Group run through week Six!!:

                                          This class just keeps getting funner!

                                          It's actually much more fun than i thought it would be šŸ™‚

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                                          • burvantill
                                            burvantill Moderator @braden H last edited by

                                            @Braden-Hallett I keep shocking myself with the results. I’m glad I joined in with you guys. Thanks for being such a good organizer. šŸ™‚

                                            Lisa Burvant
                                            www.lisaburvant.com
                                            Instagram & Twitter & SVS: @burvantill

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