The Color of Shadow

Brad Teare describes how the color of shadow takes on various temperatures depending on the atmospheric envelope.

For more information on this topic go to http://bradteare.blogspot.com/

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• Brad Teare
• thick paint
• impressionism
• painting thickly with oils
• oil painting
• landscape painting
• landscapes
• impressionist landscapes

[BradTeare]

Excellent point. Some refer to color relativity as field effects. It is one way to get the intensity of reality. Thanks for the insight.

[BradTeare]

Altarstudio, accurate color (correctly representing the physics of the natural world) and artistic interpretation (tweaking reality to fit your personal vision) are two aspects that an artist blends together. However, if you don't understand the physics of color and light you probably aren't going to see it accurately in the natural world. It is tough to balance but that unique blend is what makes each artist's work different.

Odayta, your comment was truncated but thanks for the feedback!

[ZickPranks]

Wow this video is amazing!! I love your work, I had no idea some painters go that deep into color, shadow, warmth ect, where in the heck can I learn some of this, it's so interesting, do you have any book recomend?? Thank you for sharing and making videos.

[BradTeare]

Many painters use color as the primary component of their composition. IN other words, they change the scene before them very little and use color to guide the eye. These color nuances can be very subtle and still maintain a sense of reality.

Go to my blog to get a list of really great books. The best one is the first one listed.

Thanks for the feedback!

[lehacarpenter]

"if you don't understand the physics of color and light you probably aren't going to see it accurately in the natural world..." Nothing brings this home like seeing how relative even the best color vision is when colors are placed adjacent to one another. One thing I have learned is that colors are relative. What color we see has a lot to do with what colors are next to it, and how big a block of it we're looking at.

[harrinsson44]

fantastic lessons...

[Brooksk818]

Brad, this is very useful to the beginner (me, for one.) It's clear, easy to understand principal. I liked the way you added screen notes for some points. Thanks for helping us.

[fairfaxwoods]

Great video explaining the cool shadows. Would love to see you post more on brushwork as well. Love your work!

[yv1971]

I really like the explanation. You have great knowledges of the impressionist

[kolderiekerik]

Your vids make me want to pick up the real wet painting again, thanks for that!

Monet is one of my favourite painters! Amazing how he thought of modern ideas about lighting, like Global Illumination in 3d computer graphics.

[odayta]

Sorry for the interruption. Your contributions are way above the norm and very professionally done! Tom

[odayta]

Brad, You deserve enormous credit for posting such excellent educational information to all of us aspiring artists. You are a terrific teacher and sure to be a solid mentor. Your contributions are wa