Newberry Art Tutorials Understanding the makeup of light and shadow is a fundamental art tool. Indeed, you cannot create forms without it. Three-Quarters Classic Light A 3/4's light is falling on this egg form. This means that 3/4's of the object is directly lit and the rest of it is in shadow. Four Key Elements …
Transparency – A Key to Spatial Depth in Painting Part 2, Color
Transparency – A Key to Spatial Depth in Painting Part 1, Black/White
Pastel on Dark Paper – Just Add Light
Newberry Art Tutorials Pure Colored Light I love working pastel on dark paper for one important reason: the pastel being lighter than the paper directly creates a pure colored light. The paper is dark brown Canson, 19 x 26". You can start with any color you like, but it is important that the tone of …
Lights and Darks in 3’s
Newberry Art Tutorials One big problem that artists face when developing light and shadow in a work is that they tend to have the exact same darks and lights scattered around the surface. The result is that it kills the life out of the drawing! A great way to solve that problem is to celebrate …
Advancements in Painting Light
Creating Denouement
Painting Denouement was a chance to live inside glowing, colorful light and to express through art what love feels like to me.

