Shadow Patterns

This is about Shadow Patterns in painting. We’ll take a look at how some of the masters handled them in their paintings.
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[@Coco2345ful]

Thank you for posting this! I trully find your subjects very informative and useful! Particularly this one on the shadow pattern.

[@patriciaburke2401]

Thanks for sharing your insights. Great advice. I never seem to have enough contrast in my paintings. This technique looks like it will be very helpful. Thanks!

[@philstarkestudio]

Patricia Burke Hi Patricia, glad the video was helpful. making the strong contrast of the big shapes the focus of the painting will help.

[@ronschlorff7089]

Great one Phil, as always! Nothing like strong value contrast to draw you from one side of a big art gallery to the other to look at "that painting"! : )

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[@nomeansno70]

Great advices

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angelo mariano Thanks Angelo

[@turtleultraviolet758]

I've only had one printmaking class however, I that the Frank Brangwin print looks like it could be a monotype print.

[@philstarke.artist]

You could be right Turtle, now that you mention it there is some similarities to monotype. He did do a lot of different types of print making. He was quite an artist

[@RobertF-]

What about simplifying dark areas into large, flat, and simple shapes and not putting any details into them whatsoever?

[@philstarkestudio]

Robert That’s a good goal for the block in or filling in the large shapes. Leaving them totally flat will flatten the painting, causing it to loose atmosphere. Although I keep them flatter than the real scene, it doesn’t take much to create a little atmosphere.

[@sameehakhaliq8327]

Great. Thanks gir this. How to handle dappled shadows? Mostly in nature

[@philstarkestudio]

Sameeha Khaliq Glad the video was helpful, the key to dappled light is to simplify it, not as busy as the real thing.

[@sameehakhaliq8327]

@@philstarkestudio can you make a video on that please?

[@turtleultraviolet758]

@@sameehakhaliq8327 Phil has a video course called "Light and Shadow" that includes a fine lesson on how to paint dappled light.

[@2jston]

Is shadow pattern same as a notan?

[@philstarke.artist]

Yes, designing the shadow pattern to make a better composition and simplify the painting. They're basically the same thing.