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Natural light sounds like a good idea, but it can be fickle.
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Jeff, I realize this is heresy, but I think the value of natural light is overstated, here and elsewhere. When I'm working, it's not unusual for me to draw or paint for eight to ten hours at a stretch (with sushi breaks of course -- though not "of course", as I hate sushi and even the idea of it; perhaps I meant a libation.) I don't believe I mentioned "natural" light (maybe I said "northern") and I probably wouldn't, because where does that leave those of us who paint in the evening, or the early a.m. hours? Chopped liver? I don't think so.
And I'll tell you what, natural light over a three-hour work period, from one day to the next, over a lengthy sitting or painting, has no more consistency or continuity than water down a river. I have to say that I've never known anyone who had to produce work indoors on a regular basis and was able to do so on the luxury of natural light.
A lessor was just enquiring of me whether I needed studio space with windows, and I told her I'd just tape foil onto them anyway, so, no. I'm in charge of the light on my subject, whether for an hour or eight.