Hot lights or strobes?

[Sharon Knettell]

I have been managing to get clients to sit. When I show them the color and proportions from life as oppose to the photographic reference, they seem to be more than willing to show up in my studio.

However as we all know, all days are not created equal. Would these lights ganged up be sufficient to add brightness to a lackluster day?

[Tom Edgerton]

Sharon--

You bet. I indeed use my compact fluorescents to supplement natural light on a cloudy day. As Stephen has stated, they're a really beautiful light, as the C.R.I. (color rendering index) is in the high nineties, percent wise, meaning they're very true for seeing and rendering color.

Also, I seem to be able to paint for long spells under them with my eyes not getting tired, as they do when painting under a single wavelength all day.

Best--TE