You are so great at explaining things in how they apply to the work. You explain things I never learned in a university art program. They acted like we should have already known these things. Thank you very much. You are extremely helpful!
Thanks, Debbie. I'm familiar with the university attitude. When we had our school, an abundance of students with BFA and MFA degrees in Visual Arts came to me to learn what they should have been taught and weren't. That's one reason why I started doing these Quick Tips as well as the full length lessons on my website.
In the Studio Art Instruction, Thank you. I didn’t think it was just me. My daughter is an adjunct professor of art at a prestigious school in the east & we discuss this. it’s hard to turn out any good work and put it up for critique when you don’t know what your doing. It’s obvious that it would be helpful if you knew some techniques to apply so that you can produce something good and then have it judged.
Wonderful. You are amazing. I would love you to do a video showing how to make flower petals and leaves bend and fold....meaning where to place the shadows and hilights to make them bend, dip, roll over edges etc. (Im using watercolours). Thank you for your wonderful videos.😊
Thanks, Lindy. Actually, the shadows and lights on flower petals (as on everything) is determined by the light source--is it a direct or diffused light, and if direct, where is it located. I can use your request to make that point. Most likely, it will be November before it appears because we film these a couple of months in advance.
@@IntheStudioArtInstruction That would be great, thanks so much. Im loving your videos. Sometimes I just paint a floral pattern without any source....just a printed and traced pattern.
As the form shadow moves away from the light it darkens , Ok but isn't the reflected light that causes the core shadow to appear ? So instead of making a core shadow with your pencil could you not lighten with your eraser the darkest part of the form shadow to create the core shadow? Thx. Peter
thank you.is it possible to explain how a street lamp works. i see people always paint the light shining into the street. is it not supposed to shine directly down
Karen, that depends upon the angle of the light rays. Think of flashlights that allow you to widen and narrow the angle of the rays. If we can determine what the source light is doing, then we can know how to interpret what it's doing.
Thank you for your observation, Liz Nigh. We have worked on getting as close to the action as we can and still have the Quick Tip make sense. We have invested in a new camera and I am experimenting with different angles to bring the viewer as close as I can. We have limited space and equipment to work with right now, but we will keep working to improve. Roger SauteeLive
Excellent explanation of how light crosses shape and how to create form. Good to know the terms for drawing not in shadow and in shadow. I actually have never heard “the center light term” before. I was used to calling it the highlight. Also knowing that the values not in shadow are halftones. This will definitely change how I look at shapes. I have been told that all shapes in shadow and all shapes not in shadow need to relate. Can you explain what this means?
Candace, it's not always possible to know what another teacher is referring to when he/she makes a declaration, but if I were saying "all shapes in shadow and not in shadow need to relate", I'd be referring to all shapes being illuminated by the same light source. It is the light source that affects the colors and values of everything we are looking at, so when were are doing realistic painting, that must be our first consideration. If our focus is just on the individual shapes without regard to what light and shadow are doing, everything will be out of tune. Hope this helps.
You are very deserving of the comment Dianne. I was a teacher myself (of adult vocational education) but am retired now and trying to learn about art and painting techniques. I am very grateful when I find somebody like you who explains everything so well and is so relevant.
artboyintennesee, there are several sound ways to build a painting from beginning to end. Each artist gravitates to the one that works best for her/him . These Quick Tips are too short to show that, but on this channel, back three or four years ago, I did show my method. You can find it at ua-cam.com/video/2iIm9Ms7ZZ8/v-deo.html .
very nicely described, thanks a lot. can you please do a qt about texture? I know it's all about values or shadows and light and still I have problems, no matter what medium I use. for some materials like glass, clay, most rigid objects my drawings looks ok but I always have problems with things like fabric and human body. my fabrics looks like paste or dough and my shadings on figures don't represent anything familiar although the proportions are good😢 thus most of the times I just draw the outlines and leave it without shadings. thanks again and sorry for long post. 🌹
I've put textures on our QT schedule, Mosio. Meanwhile, getting good texture is related to the value area. Since active textures are made of tiny value contrasts, in the shadow and high halftone areas (those areas farthest from the terminator), the value contrasts will be close. Only in the mid to low halftones and really shallow shadows (areas closest to the terminator) do the textures contain their strongest value contrast.
Looking for spelling on exclusion area Diane. Don’t think you are saying exclusion. Tried google but always gives me the other. Thanks. I suppose we all keep you very busy!
Dianne you've made everything so understandable - I was under a wrong impression about the core shadow and had never heard the term of "eclusion" shadow (not sure of the spelling). Thank you for another clear illustration!
I've heard a lot of teachers call the form shadow "core" shadow. Somewhere somebody got it wrong and others followed suite. By the way, the spelling is "occlusion". I have a free pdf of a light-shadow diagram @ free-materials.s3.amazonaws.com/light_and_shadow_diagram.pdf
Usually when we see a mountain, it is in the distance, so aerial perspective kicks in. That means that atmospheric particles subdue what we see, causing the image's value range to decrease. We won't see the full range of values between the center light and occlusion shadow that I show here, rather more general fields of light and shadow.
Celtic Bear, all our full length lessons are designed for more advanced students. They're each about an hour long and available for download for only $7 per lesson or DVD for $10.95. The higher the series number, the more advanced the lesson. I also offer coaching. You can find it all at diannemize.com .
Hi Sue! I had that same problem yesterday on another creator's video. Sometimes there is a glitch in the UA-cam connection and I have found that if you closed your web browser and then restart it and go back to the video it plays the video with the audio. If that doesn't work try closing all of your open apps and restart your computer and then go to the video. It should play fine then. Thanks for watching.
This tweaked my brain shadow to understand and study the parts of light and shadow. Thank you Diane!
My pleasure! Have fun with it!
You’re a good teacher dianne
Thanks, Phillip.
Brilliant teaching, as per usual. Thank you!
Oh my! Thanks.
You are so great at explaining things in how they apply to the work. You explain things I never learned in a university art program. They acted like we should have already known these things. Thank you very much. You are extremely helpful!
Thanks, Debbie. I'm familiar with the university attitude. When we had our school, an abundance of students with BFA and MFA degrees in Visual Arts came to me to learn what they should have been taught and weren't. That's one reason why I started doing these Quick Tips as well as the full length lessons on my website.
In the Studio Art Instruction, Thank you. I didn’t think it was just me. My daughter is an adjunct professor of art at a prestigious school in the east & we discuss this. it’s hard to turn out any good work and put it up for critique when you don’t know what your doing. It’s obvious that it would be helpful if you knew some techniques to apply so that you can produce something good and then have it judged.
Thanks dear, all your videos are really good and amazing 🤩
My pleasure 😊
Wonderful. You are amazing. I would love you to do a video showing how to make flower petals and leaves bend and fold....meaning where to place the shadows and hilights to make them bend, dip, roll over edges etc. (Im using watercolours). Thank you for your wonderful videos.😊
Thanks, Lindy. Actually, the shadows and lights on flower petals (as on everything) is determined by the light source--is it a direct or diffused light, and if direct, where is it located. I can use your request to make that point. Most likely, it will be November before it appears because we film these a couple of months in advance.
@@IntheStudioArtInstruction That would be great, thanks so much. Im loving your videos. Sometimes I just paint a floral pattern without any source....just a printed and traced pattern.
As the form shadow moves away from the light it darkens , Ok but isn't the reflected light that causes the core shadow to appear ? So instead of making a core shadow with your pencil could you not lighten with your eraser the darkest part of the form shadow to create the core shadow? Thx. Peter
Yes, Peter. You can use any technique that works. And you are correct--it is the reflected light that causes the core shadow to appear.
Another insipering video. I am a beginner with painting and drawing. Thanks Dianne.
My pleasure. Thanks for watching.
thank you.is it possible to explain how a street lamp works. i see people always paint the light shining into the street. is it not supposed to shine directly down
Karen, that depends upon the angle of the light rays. Think of flashlights that allow you to widen and narrow the angle of the rays. If we can determine what the source light is doing, then we can know how to interpret what it's doing.
Thank you so much! That was enormously helpful. Now off to practice a bit.
And have fun doing so.
I like you quick tips. But could you have the camera in closer to what you are showing or drawing through out the video?
Thank you for your observation, Liz Nigh. We have worked on getting as close to the action as we can and still have the Quick Tip make sense. We have invested in a new camera and I am experimenting with different angles to bring the viewer as close as I can. We have limited space and equipment to work with right now, but we will keep working to improve.
Roger
SauteeLive
Excellent explanation of how light crosses shape and how to create form. Good to know the terms for drawing not in shadow and in shadow. I actually have never heard “the center light term” before. I was used to calling it the highlight. Also knowing that the values not in shadow are halftones. This will definitely change how I look at shapes. I have been told that all shapes in shadow and all shapes not in shadow need to relate. Can you explain what this means?
Candace, it's not always possible to know what another teacher is referring to when he/she makes a declaration, but if I were saying "all shapes in shadow and not in shadow need to relate", I'd be referring to all shapes being illuminated by the same light source. It is the light source that affects the colors and values of everything we are looking at, so when were are doing realistic painting, that must be our first consideration. If our focus is just on the individual shapes without regard to what light and shadow are doing, everything will be out of tune. Hope this helps.
What a wonderful teacher
Wow, thanks. 😇
You are very deserving of the comment Dianne. I was a teacher myself (of adult vocational education) but am retired now and trying to learn about art and painting techniques. I am very grateful when I find somebody like you who explains everything so well and is so relevant.
Thanks, Kathy. Coming from another teacher makes the compliment even more meaningful.
Hi Dianne, could you do a lesson on the proper way to build a painting from beginning to end?
artboyintennesee, there are several sound ways to build a painting from beginning to end. Each artist gravitates to the one that works best for her/him . These Quick Tips are too short to show that, but on this channel, back three or four years ago, I did show my method. You can find it at ua-cam.com/video/2iIm9Ms7ZZ8/v-deo.html .
very nicely described, thanks a lot. can you please do a qt about texture? I know it's all about values or shadows and light and still I have problems, no matter what medium I use. for some materials like glass, clay, most rigid objects my drawings looks ok but I always have problems with things like fabric and human body. my fabrics looks like paste or dough and my shadings on figures don't represent anything familiar although the proportions are good😢 thus most of the times I just draw the outlines and leave it without shadings.
thanks again and sorry for long post. 🌹
I've put textures on our QT schedule, Mosio. Meanwhile, getting good texture is related to the value area. Since active textures are made of tiny value contrasts, in the shadow and high halftone areas (those areas farthest from the terminator), the value contrasts will be close. Only in the mid to low halftones and really shallow shadows (areas closest to the terminator) do the textures contain their strongest value contrast.
Thank you again.
My pleasure.
Looking for spelling on exclusion area Diane. Don’t think you are saying exclusion. Tried google but always gives me the other. Thanks. I suppose we all keep you very busy!
Candace, the word is "occlusion". Any shadow in which light is totally blocked is an occlusion shadow.
Dianne you've made everything so understandable - I was under a wrong impression about the core shadow and had never heard the term of "eclusion" shadow (not sure of the spelling). Thank you for another clear illustration!
I've heard a lot of teachers call the form shadow "core" shadow. Somewhere somebody got it wrong and others followed suite. By the way, the spelling is "occlusion". I have a free pdf of a light-shadow diagram @ free-materials.s3.amazonaws.com/light_and_shadow_diagram.pdf
Oh wow, I was checking out the beautiful sky this morning and looking for and found the core shadow. :O) Thanks for the link!
hei :) Can you make a lesson about this on a mountain, ? Greatings
Usually when we see a mountain, it is in the distance, so aerial perspective kicks in. That means that atmospheric particles subdue what we see, causing the image's value range to decrease. We won't see the full range of values between the center light and occlusion shadow that I show here, rather more general fields of light and shadow.
I like your lessons , can you please do some lessons for more advanced students .
Celtic Bear, all our full length lessons are designed for more advanced students. They're each about an hour long and available for download for only $7 per lesson or DVD for $10.95. The higher the series number, the more advanced the lesson. I also offer coaching. You can find it all at diannemize.com .
Can't see a thing!
Hi Sue! I had that same problem yesterday on another creator's video. Sometimes there is a glitch in the UA-cam connection and I have found that if you closed your web browser and then restart it and go back to the video it plays the video with the audio. If that doesn't work try closing all of your open apps and restart your computer and then go to the video. It should play fine then. Thanks for watching.