LJ and NJ

In one of my recent painting classes the topic was light and shadow, with an emphasis on how light affects the value and color of shadows. We had an assignment to find a photo of something that was white and in daylight and then paint from that photo reference. I found a photo of a white house set in the Scottish highlands (very common there) . I changed the photo a bit to make the house clearly the focus and then painted from the revised photo. The result was a painting that is pretty stark, but that’s how the area actually looks. I’ve thought some about how to improve the composition and may tackle that challenge in a bit. In the meantime, what i tried to convey in this subject was the clear representation of the saying — “warm light, cool shadow”. “cool light, warm shadow” may appear in a future post.