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Karin Wells · 05-11-2002, 10:49 PM

When one adds a dark too early, it can tend to appear much too dark later on. How can you judge darkness without light?

Trust me, build your light first and then enrich and warm up your deep shadows at the end.

Building light helps you define and locate your halftones. You must make sure that you don't goof and warm the halftones along with your shadows.

A halftone is the cool area sandwiched between warm light and warm shadow. It is where light and shadow meet, i.e., halftones are neither light nor shadow.

05-11-2002, 10:49 PM	#23
Karin Wells FT Pro, Mem SOG,'08 Cert Excellence PSA, '02 Schroeder Portrait Award Copley Soc, '99 1st Place PSA, '98 Sp Recognition Washington Soc Portrait Artists, '97 1st Prize ASOPA, '97 Best Prtfolio ASOPA Joined: Jun 2001 Location: Peterborough, NH Posts: 1,114	When one adds a dark too early, it can tend to appear much too dark later on. How can you judge darkness without light? Trust me, build your light first and then enrich and warm up your deep shadows at the end. Building light helps you define and locate your halftones. You must make sure that you don't goof and warm the halftones along with your shadows. A halftone is the cool area sandwiched between warm light and warm shadow. It is where light and shadow meet, i.e., halftones are neither light nor shadow. __________________ Karin Wells www.KarinWells.com www.KarinWells.BlogSpot.com