A favorite occupation of mine is the representation of sunshine with paint. Sunshine connotes optimism, warmth and general well-being, qualities I strive for in my pictures.
One way to represent sunlight is to make a large enough interval between the lit and unlit portions of a given surface. This detail of an oil sketch by the 29 year old Claude Monet hasn't quite a large enough interval on the face and so doesn't convey the same brilliant sunshine as other parts of the same picture.
A slightly bigger interval:
One way to represent sunlight is to make a large enough interval between the lit and unlit portions of a given surface. This detail of an oil sketch by the 29 year old Claude Monet hasn't quite a large enough interval on the face and so doesn't convey the same brilliant sunshine as other parts of the same picture.
In this detail from another painting, note the difference between the edge of the shadow cast by the hat brim and the much.more diffuse edge cast by the distant leaves of a tree.
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