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Old 03-25-2004, 07:44 PM   #2
Sharon Knettell Sharon Knettell is offline
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I admire anybody that can paint in artificial light. I did it for years when I did illustration but I can not seem to make it work for painting.

My studio faces southeast and I augment the light with 12 Verilux bulbs on the ceiling, the screw in kind.

I know, south light, difficult. However, in the northeast it actually is a boon as we have so many dark days. I just filter the sunlight with a curtain, actually it works better than I expected.

I tried working at night, but except for drawing I miss so much of the color subtleties, especially the blues. When I review any color work I have done at night, it invariably has to be redone. This drives me nuts because I work best in the late afternoon and evening. I never thought I would be the kind of person who would get up at 6 in the morning, but my model comes at 10, yikes!
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