Wow this was so helpful! I have been painting for 30 years and always just used natural light (near a window etc) Now that Im getting older (and the eyesight isnt as great as it once was) Ive noticed how important having good light in my studio is! Thank you for all this fab information :D
A better lighting setup was one of the first things I invested in after paints, paper, and brushes. It makes such a world of difference. And yeah, I think it's a constant journey of just "making it work."
If I may add a note about daylight: the colour and intensity of daylight changes every 5 minutes, which really messes up one's filming. The trouble is that one doesn't notice it happening because one's eye automatically adjusts; however, the camera doesn't. Having a north window doesn't help: the changing light bounces off the building across the street!!! Artificial light (5500Kelvin) works best when it is bounced off a white wall; at least it is constant.
The tiny spaces bit is soooo relatable! My art space is my work space and it's also my dining table... but I can see how proper lighting can help make the space more comfortable for different settings (and it's also kinder for the eyes!). Thanks as always for the tips and all the knowledge, Sarah, this video really rocks!
Omg I needed this Sarah, especially for us tiny studio artists with hardly any natural light. My studio is literally also my dogs room and it's also basically a closet. 😆
Yeeeeuuuup! I get it! For that reason I LOVE any type of clip/clamp light. So easy to position as needed. I think nowadays it's easier to find some that are also dimmable too
Dear Sarah, thanks for this kind video........here is secret for you... Is not the Color temp, is the CRI....specifically The Hi CRI R12 and R9 and Full spectrum capability of the your light source . One Low budget LIght Option: "Try a Full spectrum almost 99 CRI old Halogen bulb (Old Worker 500 watts light), Bounced ".... I know , is very Hot and Not Very efficient, but you´ll see that this 3200k/3000k will be great about the reproduction of real colors ( Real = Sun light colors 100 CRI). The Expensive one : "Mole Richardson light" or "Arri Light" Whith L.O.V.E. Humberto.
I absolutely hate overhead lighting. It gives me a headache as well. I'm glad to know I'm not the only one. Thank you for another Great video! Very informative! 🐶
Great watching this, my bedroom probaby is the darkest room in our house being at the back and sometimes I would actually paint outside. Aussie magpies would sit near and sing ahaha
Thank you... my little loft space is a challenge for lighting, what with the low sloping ceiling, Off to have a look at the benq light. It is nice to know that the constant adjustments of various elements, which is always a journey rather than a destination, is a shared one.
I use daylight and an ordinary lamp at night. Not a bright light headaches!! artist lights give me headaches. Thank you for sharing appreciate this video Sarah ♥️
Thank you so much for sharing this. Lighting s something I always struggle with, not only for taking pictures of my paintings but while painting too. This was so informative and helpful. Have a lovely day!
Oh wow Sarah thank you so much for this! You basically confirmed that I'm already doing all I can do at this moment due to my budget and my painting conditions in the van. However my budget could increase and so I am so grateful to know all of these things so as my budget grows I can purchase the most impacting equipment with that money. I think the articulating arms going to be life-changing for me. I'm also grateful that when the time comes and I do have the budget I can refer back to this video to remind myself of your amazing tips and tricks. As it is now I Velcro my phone to the roof of the van and pray that my head doesn't get in the way 😂🤣. I am also only painting during the day to take advantage of the natural light which even when I'm filming can be glary. I do often have the benefit of adjusting the position of my van so that I get the best possible light coming through the windows. However sometimes that's not an option so I do look forward to having an articulating arm and maybe even a light on a gooseneck or something. Again thank you thank you thank you!!!
I want to start filming myself painting and upon searching online I was happy that your video showed up ! Thanks as always for all the super useful information and for sharing it !
I recently bought a Daylight-lamp that is actually meant to be used with an artists easel, but I am using it at my desk and have attached it to a shelf next to my desk. It's not the cheapest one, but as far as the light temp goes and not having it on my desk taking up space, it is just what I needed. Before I had only a regular Ikea desk lamp and it lit about half of the desk...which is not good 😄
Love the tips for lighting. I never thought about something dim-able and color temperature changing. My biggest struggle currently is keeping my head out of the camera when recording. I am fairly near sighted so trying to find that perfect angle so I don't film my head but still able to see what I am doing is a challenge I'm still working out.
I'm a bit stressed with being the artist and the content creator..... super challenging. Your video tutorial has given me hope! I feel empowered in my studio now. I am definitely going to follow you for more insight. I love your style Sarah!!!! I wanna be like you when I grow up! (smile)!
Thank you so much! It is definitely stressful at times, and the unknowns can be scary. Keep at it if you enjoy it! Try to enjoy the journey even with its ups and downs. Someday you'll look back at the struggle years and be so happy you perservered
Thank you for making this video! I just recently moved out of a windowless garage into a space with lots of natural lighting! I used to feel more like a goblin in the windowless garage than an actual person who's grinding to make art a career. I use two "architecture lamps" that are both adjustable and light changing (cool and warm) that clamp onto my desk. They are sooo handy! I'm definitely on the lookout for those large standing lights in my future. Keep up the awesome work!
All around, very helpful advice. Lighting is my biggest problem so, hopefully, I'll find something better now. Your videos are excellent and I appreciate what you do. Thank you.
Thank you for this. Lighting has always been an issue. Overhead lights give me a headache also. At work I have lamps instead of using the overhead lighting. Thanks for the tips. The search is real.
Hey Sarah!!!!!! Really appreciate the time and efforts U had put into this perfect video.. Trust me it'll help and enhance any artists understanding regarding light and saturation.... Happy to know u r growing really fast 😍 all goes to ur wonderful efforts 🎊⭐👊 Love💕
Thank you so much for this. Incredibly helpful. My art space is currently the corner of our living room but it's next to an open fire so no complaints there 😁
Aww thank you so much for the information on lighting, I have a small channel and I usually use natural light to film but living in wales makes that difficult at times lol. I have looked at lights a few times but never know what I’m looking for. Thank you so much 😊
I was coloring in front of a window with two small lights but It's way too noisy for recording so I had to move into a closet.. I'm finding it challenging to get the right lighting. I'll try some of these tips.
I just watch out this video. I am always curious about photography and videography. I love pencil drawing and wish to create a UA-cam channel focusing the Kids. Your home studio is really good. Would you mind telling me the Camera name you currently using and other stuffs?
Thank you for sharing this, Sarah. I've been livestreaming science fiction and space art over the last year and it's been a big learning curve. I've stumbled through a few of the issues you've pointed out and I really like the bounce light and BenQ lights you've featured. Definitely considering them going forward. So many reflections bounce off of wet paint during a live painting session, it's been challenging sometimes.
Oh yea it’s a real challenge! Another thing you could do is get photo-reflectors and tack them to the walls/ceiling if you need to bounce more light. It takes lots of finessing! Even after streaming for years I’m still constantly adjusting things.
Thank you for this video, it has helped me a lot to understand what kind of lighting I need to look for! Almost set up my mind on the Benq- lamp, are you still using it? Or, maybe, you would share couple of suggestions for a person who draws at the kitchen table with over the head lights only, in case something has changed since you made this video? Thank you!
Great, 7X7" is my room that is part where I sleep and yes Cat I share with. the other 4X4" is used for closet and dresser. like your desk light. too. One problem, I have only One wall outlet. And You added the cost from Amazon. I do like the water color paper showing in a painting. But canvas in acrylic or oil I do not like the cloth texture. I do not have a grate camera. Enjoy your are. I am by habit a Naturist artist with many detail , but my sketches are more loose. Mainly to capture colors , and details that attracted me in the first place., mainly the short lived Lighting. Thankyou again
I'm looking for new lights too! Your video will help me choosing the new lights for my modest arts' space, though not all models and vendors reach us here in New Zealand :-( Thanks a lot Sarah!
Oh, thank you so much Sarah 🤗 I learned so much from this video, it was so helpful 💕 Since, you said that you have a background in photography, so can you suggest a budget camera for newbies like me?
I get it that you were probably using that lamp for a very long time but why didn't you try and get some smart bulbs as soon as they came out I use the Philips Wiz light bulbs and I can dim them and change them to any color I want including if I decide to have a studio party all from my app. Honestly they absolutely changed my life in my studio and home and I came from the background of having an artist and arts activist and an art teacher who was constantly trying to get her 80s and 90s Studio to have good Lighting in a 1925 house ironically I have my art studio in my mom's old art studio in that 1925 house and the best thing I've gotten so far is those smart bulbs with some clamp lights with light diffusion soft covers on them. That's not to say I'm not going to be looking at that studio lighting you've been talking about because the main thing only thing I'm having a problem with is photographing in my studio and filming my painting process with my pickiness
The only problem I would have with getting a desk lamp or any other lamp that has the bulb or lights actually attached to it is you can't change it if it goes out. You have to get a whole new light unless you get your choice of clamp lamp or desk lamp with smart bulbs my only thing is don't get the Philips Hue bulbs they're extra pricey for no reason whatsoever if you get Philips which I do like get the ones that have the Wiz app they are cheaper and mine have lasted me for a long time but I know that Govi lighting makes some good lights too. I apologize for the comments 2 years after you're making this I'm just now seeing it today at the crack of dawn please understand that I am not saying any of this to be critical I'm just giving other artists some more ideas out there with things that have gone wrong in my studio like buying a really cool desk lamp with built-in lights just to have the light go out and me not be able to do anything and in fact that happened with our LED fan lights when we redid upstairs we can't do anything about the lights in our fans because that's what we picked at the time and in hindsight I would get a fan where I could switch out the light bulbs and put my own LED light bulbs in there I love your work and thank you for giving us so many ways to help our creative processes and sharing them. Honestly I don't know if you could do this but I am trying to figure out a really good way to record my painting process but I paint vertically with acrylic paint I don't want to be in the frame as much as I can be out of it but there's really not many videos out there that help somebody who paints vertically or on an easel sort of I can't even do that really because I need to have something that catches water underneath what I do because I use a lot of it in order to break down the paint to get the look I'm going for so if you have any suggestions for that from one artist to another you would save me from a lot of anxiety and hair pulling
Thank you.great info,just setting up studio for 100th time....but this is gonna be permanent.I blessed to have amazing amount of natural lite.........but Sarah it attracts my Kitty (Picasso) ya know how they just want to be where you are,lololol,
I watched one of your old paintalongs last weekend and right off the bat I was like, damn she really stepped her lighting game up over the last couple years. Also, your hair looks amazing!
Wow this was so helpful! I have been painting for 30 years and always just used natural light (near a window etc) Now that Im getting older (and the eyesight isnt as great as it once was) Ive noticed how important having good light in my studio is! Thank you for all this fab information :D
A better lighting setup was one of the first things I invested in after paints, paper, and brushes. It makes such a world of difference. And yeah, I think it's a constant journey of just "making it work."
If I may add a note about daylight: the colour and intensity of daylight changes every 5 minutes, which really messes up one's filming. The trouble is that one doesn't notice it happening because one's eye automatically adjusts; however, the camera doesn't. Having a north window doesn't help: the changing light bounces off the building across the street!!! Artificial light (5500Kelvin) works best when it is bounced off a white wall; at least it is constant.
The tiny spaces bit is soooo relatable! My art space is my work space and it's also my dining table... but I can see how proper lighting can help make the space more comfortable for different settings (and it's also kinder for the eyes!). Thanks as always for the tips and all the knowledge, Sarah, this video really rocks!
Definitely better for your eyes. I think that's a big reason the desk lamp improved my life so much.
Omg I needed this Sarah, especially for us tiny studio artists with hardly any natural light. My studio is literally also my dogs room and it's also basically a closet. 😆
Yeeeeuuuup! I get it! For that reason I LOVE any type of clip/clamp light. So easy to position as needed. I think nowadays it's easier to find some that are also dimmable too
Dear Sarah, thanks for this kind video........here is secret for you... Is not the Color temp, is the CRI....specifically The Hi CRI R12 and R9 and Full spectrum capability of the your light source . One Low budget LIght Option: "Try a Full spectrum almost 99 CRI old Halogen bulb (Old Worker 500 watts light), Bounced ".... I know , is very Hot and Not Very efficient, but you´ll see that this 3200k/3000k will be great about the reproduction of real colors ( Real = Sun light colors 100 CRI). The Expensive one : "Mole Richardson light" or "Arri Light" Whith L.O.V.E. Humberto.
I absolutely hate overhead lighting. It gives me a headache as well. I'm glad to know I'm not the only one. Thank you for another Great video! Very informative! 🐶
Same! lamps all the way
SAME SAME, instant headache, it's horrible ...
Great watching this, my bedroom probaby is the darkest room in our house being at the back and sometimes I would actually paint outside. Aussie magpies would sit near and sing ahaha
Thank you... my little loft space is a challenge for lighting, what with the low sloping ceiling, Off to have a look at the benq light. It is nice to know that the constant adjustments of various elements, which is always a journey rather than a destination, is a shared one.
I use daylight and an ordinary lamp at night. Not a bright light headaches!! artist lights give me headaches. Thank you for sharing appreciate this video Sarah ♥️
Another reason I love my setup, I've reduced my headaches so much!
@@SarahBurnsStudio glad to hear that Sarah 🙌♥️🙌
Thank you so much for sharing this. Lighting s something I always struggle with, not only for taking pictures of my paintings but while painting too. This was so informative and helpful. Have a lovely day!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for sharing all this! Much appreciated 🙏🏼
I know this is an older post, but like always you are so generous with your insight. Thanks
It’s great to see how you setup!
Thanks for this - just looking at getting a new light for my work station. I really enjoy watching your videos, thanks again. Hope to see many more.
I am struggling with lighting right now and I found this super useful. Thank you!
Oh wow Sarah thank you so much for this! You basically confirmed that I'm already doing all I can do at this moment due to my budget and my painting conditions in the van. However my budget could increase and so I am so grateful to know all of these things so as my budget grows I can purchase the most impacting equipment with that money. I think the articulating arms going to be life-changing for me. I'm also grateful that when the time comes and I do have the budget I can refer back to this video to remind myself of your amazing tips and tricks. As it is now I Velcro my phone to the roof of the van and pray that my head doesn't get in the way 😂🤣. I am also only painting during the day to take advantage of the natural light which even when I'm filming can be glary. I do often have the benefit of adjusting the position of my van so that I get the best possible light coming through the windows. However sometimes that's not an option so I do look forward to having an articulating arm and maybe even a light on a gooseneck or something. Again thank you thank you thank you!!!
Velcro phone is genius! 🤣
I want to start filming myself painting and upon searching online I was happy that your video showed up ! Thanks as always for all the super useful information and for sharing it !
I recently bought a Daylight-lamp that is actually meant to be used with an artists easel, but I am using it at my desk and have attached it to a shelf next to my desk. It's not the cheapest one, but as far as the light temp goes and not having it on my desk taking up space, it is just what I needed. Before I had only a regular Ikea desk lamp and it lit about half of the desk...which is not good 😄
Nowadays there seems to be so many options for portable or clip-on lights which is really convenient for artists!
Love the tips for lighting. I never thought about something dim-able and color temperature changing.
My biggest struggle currently is keeping my head out of the camera when recording. I am fairly near sighted so trying to find that perfect angle so I don't film my head but still able to see what I am doing is a challenge I'm still working out.
Yea, that was one of my problems for a while, until I got the articulated arm.
Ahhh! Thank you! I paint at night only and my home lighting is so yellow... now I know what I need to do to fix it ☺️☺️☺️
Good luck!
You Rock Sarah. Great video. Opened my eyes . Thank you. 😎✌
I'm a bit stressed with being the artist and the content creator..... super challenging. Your video tutorial has given me hope! I feel empowered in my studio now. I am definitely going to follow you for more insight. I love your style Sarah!!!! I wanna be like you when I grow up! (smile)!
Thank you so much! It is definitely stressful at times, and the unknowns can be scary. Keep at it if you enjoy it! Try to enjoy the journey even with its ups and downs. Someday you'll look back at the struggle years and be so happy you perservered
this video is very helpful for me...I also do photography but when you try to shoot your Art& Craft video is totally other thing.
Wow, very useful! Thank you for sharing your experience with lightning!
Thank you for making this video! I just recently moved out of a windowless garage into a space with lots of natural lighting! I used to feel more like a goblin in the windowless garage than an actual person who's grinding to make art a career. I use two "architecture lamps" that are both adjustable and light changing (cool and warm) that clamp onto my desk. They are sooo handy! I'm definitely on the lookout for those large standing lights in my future. Keep up the awesome work!
Ohh good tip - searching "architecture lamp"
Thank you so much for sharing. I really appreciate this.
All around, very helpful advice. Lighting is my biggest problem so, hopefully, I'll find something better now. Your videos are excellent and I appreciate what you do. Thank you.
Thank you! I am really glad it was helpful! I think lighting is something we learn as we go and adapt to our surroundings/budget
1:06 for the lighting journey
Thank you for this. Lighting has always been an issue. Overhead lights give me a headache also. At work I have lamps instead of using the overhead lighting. Thanks for the tips. The search is real.
Glad it helped!
wow... you're very talented. Blessings! thx for sharing
Hey Sarah!!!!!!
Really appreciate the time and efforts U had put into this perfect video..
Trust me it'll help and enhance any artists understanding regarding light and saturation....
Happy to know u r growing really fast 😍 all goes to ur wonderful efforts 🎊⭐👊
Love💕
Thank you :) this one definitely took longer than usual to make, because there was so much to share. But I am glad to have to completed!
great video and tips! Thanks a lot!!
Very informative, I needed this info. Thank You! 🤗
Thank you so much for this. Incredibly helpful. My art space is currently the corner of our living room but it's next to an open fire so no complaints there 😁
Ohh that would be so cozy in the winter!
Loved this SO MUCH! Awesome video
Love Snapseed! I've used it since the first day it was published. They use to have a Mac app, too, but alas no longer.
It's so good! I've used it since my photography days. :)
This was so interesting, and so helpful ! thank you so much for sharing all that
Aww thank you so much for the information on lighting, I have a small channel and I usually use natural light to film but living in wales makes that difficult at times lol. I have looked at lights a few times but never know what I’m looking for. Thank you so much 😊
Glad it was helpful!
I was coloring in front of a window with two small lights but It's way too noisy for recording so I had to move into a closet.. I'm finding it challenging to get the right lighting. I'll try some of these tips.
I get some very good light last year, as a birthday present
Awesome video, thanks!
Very helpful video. Thankyou.
I just use a lifx smart bulb in an ikea lamp at the moment but I haven’t really done much
filming
I just watch out this video. I am always curious about photography and videography. I love pencil drawing and wish to create a UA-cam channel focusing the Kids. Your home studio is really good. Would you mind telling me the Camera name you currently using and other stuffs?
Morning from Dunedin FL
Thank you for sharing this, Sarah. I've been livestreaming science fiction and space art over the last year and it's been a big learning curve. I've stumbled through a few of the issues you've pointed out and I really like the bounce light and BenQ lights you've featured. Definitely considering them going forward.
So many reflections bounce off of wet paint during a live painting session, it's been challenging sometimes.
Oh yea it’s a real challenge! Another thing you could do is get photo-reflectors and tack them to the walls/ceiling if you need to bounce more light. It takes lots of finessing! Even after streaming for years I’m still constantly adjusting things.
Thank you for this video, it has helped me a lot to understand what kind of lighting I need to look for!
Almost set up my mind on the Benq- lamp, are you still using it?
Or, maybe, you would share couple of suggestions for a person who draws at the kitchen table with over the head lights only, in case
something has changed since you made this video?
Thank you!
I still absolutely LOVE this lamp. I use it constantly, still highly recommend.
Great, 7X7" is my room that is part where I sleep and yes Cat I share with. the other 4X4" is used for closet and dresser. like your desk light. too. One problem, I have only One wall outlet. And You added the cost from Amazon. I do like the water color paper showing in a painting. But canvas in acrylic or oil I do not like the cloth texture. I do not have a grate camera. Enjoy your are. I am by habit a Naturist artist with many detail , but my sketches are more loose. Mainly to capture colors , and details that attracted me in the first place., mainly the short lived Lighting. Thankyou again
I love snapseed! :D
I'm looking for new lights too! Your video will help me choosing the new lights for my modest arts' space, though not all models and vendors reach us here in New Zealand :-( Thanks a lot Sarah!
Glad I could help!
Oh, thank you so much Sarah 🤗 I learned so much from this video, it was so helpful 💕 Since, you said that you have a background in photography, so can you suggest a budget camera for newbies like me?
Oh gosh that’s so hard to answer. I can say I started with a Canon t2i and loved it. The lens makes a difference too. I love prime lenses.
@@SarahBurnsStudio thank you for the reply and the suggestion, Sarah :) Things are really overwhelming for beginners like me 😅
Desk lamp ✅
what was that arm called where you mounted your camera :O @ 13:33
I get it that you were probably using that lamp for a very long time but why didn't you try and get some smart bulbs as soon as they came out I use the Philips Wiz light bulbs and I can dim them and change them to any color I want including if I decide to have a studio party all from my app. Honestly they absolutely changed my life in my studio and home and I came from the background of having an artist and arts activist and an art teacher who was constantly trying to get her 80s and 90s Studio to have good Lighting in a 1925 house ironically I have my art studio in my mom's old art studio in that 1925 house and the best thing I've gotten so far is those smart bulbs with some clamp lights with light diffusion soft covers on them. That's not to say I'm not going to be looking at that studio lighting you've been talking about because the main thing only thing I'm having a problem with is photographing in my studio and filming my painting process with my pickiness
I Love Idyas
what is Idyas?
I love the plush at 3:08, any idea of where someone can buy one?
It’s called a Worrible by Squishable
Where did you get the articulating arm for your camera from? Thank you :)
Manfrotto
@@SarahBurnsStudio Thank you :)
The only problem I would have with getting a desk lamp or any other lamp that has the bulb or lights actually attached to it is you can't change it if it goes out. You have to get a whole new light unless you get your choice of clamp lamp or desk lamp with smart bulbs my only thing is don't get the Philips Hue bulbs they're extra pricey for no reason whatsoever if you get Philips which I do like get the ones that have the Wiz app they are cheaper and mine have lasted me for a long time but I know that Govi lighting makes some good lights too. I apologize for the comments 2 years after you're making this I'm just now seeing it today at the crack of dawn please understand that I am not saying any of this to be critical I'm just giving other artists some more ideas out there with things that have gone wrong in my studio like buying a really cool desk lamp with built-in lights just to have the light go out and me not be able to do anything and in fact that happened with our LED fan lights when we redid upstairs we can't do anything about the lights in our fans because that's what we picked at the time and in hindsight I would get a fan where I could switch out the light bulbs and put my own LED light bulbs in there I love your work and thank you for giving us so many ways to help our creative processes and sharing them. Honestly I don't know if you could do this but I am trying to figure out a really good way to record my painting process but I paint vertically with acrylic paint I don't want to be in the frame as much as I can be out of it but there's really not many videos out there that help somebody who paints vertically or on an easel sort of I can't even do that really because I need to have something that catches water underneath what I do because I use a lot of it in order to break down the paint to get the look I'm going for so if you have any suggestions for that from one artist to another you would save me from a lot of anxiety and hair pulling
love yr flower......
What are your thoughts about Plein air lighting? Sometimes when I paint in “daylight “ my paintings look to dark inside 🙄
That's a struggle. Best not to paint in direct sun. Pick a shady spot or get an umbrella. If your eyes are straining it's also really uncomfortable
How is that curvature on the BENQ beneficial?
It illuminates a wider portion of the workspace
Thank you.great info,just setting up studio for 100th time....but this is gonna be permanent.I blessed to have amazing amount of natural lite.........but Sarah it attracts my Kitty (Picasso) ya know how they just want to be where you are,lololol,
Yup lol, I have plenty of paint-paw prints in my house!
I watched one of your old paintalongs last weekend and right off the bat I was like, damn she really stepped her lighting game up over the last couple years.
Also, your hair looks amazing!
Thank you 😄 and yea, I used to struggle so hard with lighting!