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Originally Posted by Chris Saper
Hi Allan,
I very much like the temperature shifts you have used throughout this painting. The warm yellows definitely give the sense of both the firelight's color, and angle.
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Thank you Chris,
The firelight theme came up as a result of the circumstances.
I wanted to take some photos by her, before she went abroad for two months. That last chance culminated in a photo session with bad light getting even worse as it started to rain. I took some shuts using a halogen light in the room to fill the deep shadows. And one of these were used for the painting.
The out door light, coming in from a large window is the cold light in the hair and the halogen act as the fireplace.
I liked the composition and the overall light, but the reference was not very sharp due to the bad conditions and no tripod.
I had to emphasize many details to get character in the painting. But I will take some additional shuts of Camilla, now that she is back. Hope that I can finish the main project in that way.
Allan