Scene Lighting Basics in Color
The selective usage of tone within a given area can create an effective depiction of lighting within a scene. The concept and process can be an easy one to employ by simply retaining light areas by not coloring everything the same. Oscillate the use of tone and/or color to create a varied surface and do that consistently throughout the scene and the end result will be effective lighting. It’s not as important to think of a scene in terms of realism but rather take the approach of a lighting director of a live on-stage production where the choice of lighting is wherever you want to put it —in this case, leave it. For the most part, those having trouble with scene lighting isn’t a matter them not adding enough but it’s adding too much. Just use less tone/color in some areas so you’ll have both shadow/dark and light instead of every area being dark —or the same.
Original: Memento and Marvy dye based and Colorbox "Frost White" pigment ink on 4.25" x 5.5" glossy cardstock. Color applied with Colorbox Stylus Tools. Le Plume Permanent alcohol pens. Uniball white gel pen.
Stamps used: Seaside Cove sm 308G, Cloud Cumulus 018E, Reeds Lg 068D, Tiny Rocks Sm. 329A, Couple 228A, Flock 112A, Quote Stamp from Scenic Sentiments Sheet #4.
Scene Lighting Basics in Color
The selective usage of tone within a given area can create an effective depiction of lighting within a scene. The concept and process can be an easy one to employ by simply retaining light areas by not coloring everything the same. Oscillate the use of tone and/or color to create a varied surface and do that consistently throughout the scene and the end result will be effective lighting. It’s not as important to think of a scene in terms of realism but rather take the approach of a lighting director of a live on-stage production where the choice of lighting is wherever you want to put it —in this case, leave it. For the most part, those having trouble with scene lighting isn’t a matter them not adding enough but it’s adding too much. Just use less tone/color in some areas so you’ll have both shadow/dark and light instead of every area being dark —or the same.
Original: Memento and Marvy dye based and Colorbox "Frost White" pigment ink on 4.25" x 5.5" glossy cardstock. Color applied with Colorbox Stylus Tools. Le Plume Permanent alcohol pens. Uniball white gel pen.
Stamps used: Seaside Cove sm 308G, Cloud Cumulus 018E, Reeds Lg 068D, Tiny Rocks Sm. 329A, Couple 228A, Flock 112A, Quote Stamp from Scenic Sentiments Sheet #4.