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The document discusses various lighting strategies that can be used to create drama, emotion, and mood in art, including dramatic spotlights, reflected light from water, back lighting to create silhouettes, glowing light from an object, and monochromatic color schemes. Specific artists like Ivan Aivazovsky, Paul Wonner, Elmer Bischoff, Monet, John Singer Sargent, Ilya Repin, Wayne Thiebaud, Georgia O'Keefe, Picasso, Gustav Klimpt, Nathan Oliveira, and Daniel Rabier are mentioned in relation to their use of these lighting techniques. The key points covered are dramatic chiaroscuro lighting, reflected light, back lighting, glowing light from an
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- 1. Light Dramatic Strategies for Conceptand Emotion in Art Glenn Hirsch, Instructor
- 2. What’s the ‘true color’of the house? The ‘real’ color doesn’t exist independently of the light
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- 4. Paul Wonner “light” =emotion
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- 6. Paul Wonner “light” =a focus of interest
- 7. 1.Dramatic spotlight 2.Reflected lightfrom water 3.Back light 4.Cast shadow 5.Glowing light Strategies to ‘stage’ light in your paintings
- 8. Dramatic light –a spotlight on a stage (chiaroscuro light)
- 9. ‘chiaroscuro’light, a dramaticspotlight in a dark space
- 10. chiaroscuro light a spotlightin a dark space
- 11. chiaroscuro light a spotlight ina dark space
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- 13. Reflected light fromwater
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- 17. Reflected Light fromwater on the ground John Singer Sargent
- 18. Reflected Light fromwater on the ground
- 19. Back light –from behind the object (creates a silhouette)
- 20. Back lighting creates a‘halo’ behind the object
- 21. Back lighting creates a‘halo’ behind the object
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- 24. Ilya Repin (Russian1850-1930) Tamara Avery, student
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- 26. Glowing light comes fromthe object (not reflected on it)
- 27. Glowing Light light iscoming from the object, not reflected on it
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- 36. Color Theory toenhance the illusion of light: Pairs of “warm” and “cool” colors and ‘value’ (contrast)
- 37. warm and coolvarieties of each hue – e.g., a warm orangey red and a cool purplish red
- 38. Chromatic scale • Lightto dark • Bright to dull • Warm to cool
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- 40. “value’ = theblack-and-white of the color
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- 43. Monochromatic color = varieties of thesame hue John Reamer
- 44. Judith Klain In a monochromatic colorscheme, you can use more than one hue, it’s just that one hue dominates
- 45. In a monochromaticcolor scheme, you can use more than one hue, it’s just that one hue dominates Bill Puetz
- 46. Monochromatic Light creates a strong mood Alfons Mucha StevenSpeilberg’s Close Encounters
- 47. Monochromatic Light creates a strong mood Gustav Klimpt StevenSpeilberg’s Close Encounters
- 48. same subject intwo color schemes (monochromatic on right) Angela Pryor
- 49. same subject intwo color schemes (monochromatic on right)
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- 52. Night and twilightare natural monochromatic color schemes Daniel Rabier
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