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That's a pretty good call, Joseph. My former instructor just e-mailed a similar observation. I'm going to have to drag my son back out to the studio after school and make some quick colour notes. The challenge, as Karin alluded to, is that the lightest light in that eye shouldn't be lighter than the darkest dark in the other (save perhaps for an accent or two in the latter). Easy to state, hard to "see".
Thanks,
Steven
Later note: For the benefit of those trying to learn something from this process, my statement above of a "rule" shouldn't be taken as gospel. In fact, on reconsideration, I now feel that the rule does not apply when the form itself dictates a dark shadow even in an otherwise lighted space. A deep indentation is going to be filled with shadow, whether on the lighted or shadow side. There will be a difference in intensity (just because of reflected and ambient light bouncing around), but it will be very peculiar to the shapes and lighting involved.
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