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Alexandra Tyng · 12-09-2005, 04:40 PM

Thanks, Tom! I'm not used to working with artificial lighting so at first the shadows were a bit startling. Then I began to like the way they were attached to the figures like cut-out shapes, kind of like the nursery rhyme, "I have a little shadow. . ." and I began to see them as a compositional asset. Not that I haven't painted shadows before, but these were so close and dark against the white wall, you know what I mean? I just couldn't fudge them or belittle them.

And Claudimir, thank you, too! I really appreciate your kind words.

12-09-2005, 04:40 PM	#21
Alexandra Tyng UNVEILINGS MODERATOR Juried Member Joined: May 2005 Location: Narberth, PA Posts: 2,485	Thanks, Tom! I'm not used to working with artificial lighting so at first the shadows were a bit startling. Then I began to like the way they were attached to the figures like cut-out shapes, kind of like the nursery rhyme, "I have a little shadow. . ." and I began to see them as a compositional asset. Not that I haven't painted shadows before, but these were so close and dark against the white wall, you know what I mean? I just couldn't fudge them or belittle them. And Claudimir, thank you, too! I really appreciate your kind words.