Understanding Light

Course Module


Before color, artists must understand how light shapes form.

What Color Really Is – Part One

How do you make what you learn actually stay with you over time? And more importantly… how do you build knowledge that…

What Color Really Is – Part Two

What does it actually take to see color? In this second part, we move into a more technical perspective and break down…

Color as a Human Experience

Do you know what the number one problem of a painter is while painting? It’s not technique, not talent, and not even…

From Vision to Painting

Why is copying reality not the right approach, and what does an artist actually do with a concept? In this video, we…

A Walk Outside to Understand Light

In this lesson, I invite you to step outside the studio with me. From the snowy streets of New York to the deserts…

Direct Light vs. Indirect Light

This is one of those lessons that quietly changes everything. Understanding the difference between direct and indirect…

The relationship Between Light and Shadow

What actually creates realism? Why does your eye keep tricking you while you paint? What is the very first thing a…

Light Family and Shadow Family

this lesson, we go deeper into one of the most essential structures in painting: the separation between light and…

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