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Originally Posted by Allan Rahbek
Alex,
Daylight is so much stronger than artificial light and playful and inspiring 
Allan |
You have said it so well Allan.
That is why I prefer daylight and working as much as possible from life. Artificial light is just that, artificial and unmoving.
Though I know for many people in portraiture it is difficult to totally ditch the photograph, there is nothing like working totally from life in daylight. Since I work in south east light, there are constant surprises, gleams of light and color that sometimes take my breath away.The painting, unlike working from a photograph, is in constant flux, it is thank heavens, quite different than I imagined it would be.
I can only able make mud in artificial light, which is too bad because I was rather a night-owl and had to reform.
Allan, I hope your studio and home is fixed soon so you can get back to painting. As a victim of two fires in her life, I know just how disrupting that can be.