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a painting of mountains and trees with the words, simifying light and shadow with mitch baird

Join Mitch as he discusses the importance of simplifying and controlling lights and shadows in paintings. He emphasizes finding an unequal arrangement ratio of light and shadow to create a stronger and simpler statement. Read now to learn more from Mitch Baird -->

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a painting with the words how to paint light and shadow in a landscape on it

In this blog post I will show you how to paint a landscape inspired by the mountains around the village of Glenorchy in southern New Zealand. In this painting I will show you how we can use tonal values to create light and shadow. This painting features a contrast between the background hills and mountain that are bathed in the soft evening light, juxtaposed against the foreground which is in shadow. #art #painting #landscapeart #paintinglight #paintingshadow #oilpainting

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the words how to paint shadows in watercolor

Shadows are one of the most important aspects of a painting in my opinion. And the most fun! (Maybe that’s just me…) here are two main types of shadow that will elevate your painting - cast shadows and form shadows. Let’s review them both, shall we?

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an oil painting of people walking down the street

The problem of dead shadows One of the common problems beginners have is to paint shadows so they look 'dead'. If you look at these shadows they just look gray and somewhat muddy in feeling. This is often caused by painting them too dark or using a grayish mix of opaque paint. This is one of the most common mistakes beginner make. How to create luminous shadows Cat. No. 1319 Arset el Mellak, Marrakesh detail If you find you have this problem, here are three things you can do to fix it. Paint…

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an oil painting of trees and water at night

I'm sitting here wishing I felt well enough to go out to paint tonight... just kidding... severe thunderstorms, heavy rain, lightening and hail, tornado warnings near by! Never mind! So while I'm sitting here, and instead of wasting time, I thought that I'd post some info about what I use to paint, and what my approach to painting nocturnes is in order to answer a number of questions that I'm getting about this. The Methods and Materials are really just about the same as I use during the…

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the words how to paint shadows in watercolor are shown above an image of a painting brush

A beginners introduction to painting shadows in watercolors. This can be a tricky subject! Here you'll find a full explanation...

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