In this collection of lessons we will study the of light on color while painting a night scene.

Throughout the process of painting this color concept, we’ll focus on various aspects of light and color at night. After we’ve spent a little time setting up or composition, we’ll get things started by choosing the colors for the sky in our image. Here we’ll learn why colors change so much at night. We’ll also learn about choosing both key and fill lights for our scene. Some of the other topics we will address while working through this painting are things like atmospheric perspective, reflected light, cast shadows and form shadows as well as the interaction between colored lights. After completing this course, you should have a better idea of how to choose color for a night time image.

Lesson Outline (17 lessons)


1. Introduction and project overview 1 min. 4 sec.



2. Setting up the composition 7 min. 26 sec.



3. Setting the mood of our scene 8 min. 47 sec.



4. Building up the composition 13 min. 19 sec.



5. Painting the silhouette for our floating island 8 min. 18 sec.



6. Accounting for atmospheric interference in the composition 13 min. 20 sec.



7. Adding a body of water 10 min. 52 sec.



8. Continuing to work on the water 10 min. 19 sec.



9. Painting background and midground shadows 13 min. 47 sec.



10. Painting background and midground highlights 10 min. 40 sec.



11. Painting foreground highlights 10 min. 35 sec.



12. Adding a sense of scale to the image 13 min. 36 sec.



13. Lighting the island 10 min. 34 sec.



14. Adding spotlights to the island 9 min. 54 sec.



15. Adding additional secondary light sources 11 min. 49 sec.



16. Adding clouds and fog to our scene 9 min. 20 sec.



17. Detailing the moon and final touch ups 11 min. 11 sec.


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