Light and shadow art

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A Theory of Light and Shade © January 2009 Sheri Lynn Boyer Doty All Illustrations for a theory of light and shade are by Sheri Doty accept for Manet’s painting “The Railway” showing an undefined l…

Feathers, blue jeans and chocolate-covered cookies transform into strikingly familiar images from Star Wars when light is shined at them, thanks to an innovative young artist.

Glass hanging to create projection painting on the wall. Art landscape.

Photography cannot work without light and shadow, after all, photography literally means drawing with light and we know that you cannot have light without shadow.

Learning the rules that light and shadow obey, will help you understand what you are seeing and make it easier to draw! Highlight: the area facing the light source and receiving the most light. Halftone: the transition between your highlight and shadow. Core Shadow: the darkest area of an object. Reflected Light: light from the source bounces off an object and creates a light area within the shadow, but it is never bright as the highlight. Cast Shadow: the silhouette of an object projected…

Fabrizio Corneli doesn't use a canvas like most artists. Nor does he use a paintbrush. The Florence-based artist uses light, and as you can see from these pictures, he's certainly onto a bright idea.

Original modern photograph by Begum Suley Birgul (Turkey). This one-of-a-kind photo on paper photograph measures 8.7W x 15.7 H inches. The abstract photograph ships in a crate directly from the artist's studio and is covered by the 14-day satisfaction guarantee from Saatchi Art, so you can buy with confidence.

Some practice using two tone lighting setups to examine facial planes and how lighting affects the mood of a piece. Also got a DeviantArt feature which is nice!