After a fun day of plein
aire painting with a few
friends of mine, we
were sitting in a
restaurant for a little
libation and exchange
of thoughts. It was
about 5 pm and the sun
was on it’s last legs so
I rushed outside with
my camera and took a
bunch of pictures of this
scene. While uploading
these to my blog it
occured to me that this
might be a good time
to talk about brightness
in a painting.
Brightness is achieved by surrounding a light color with
dark, dull colors. An object is only bright by comparison to a darker object next to it as you can see in the first comparison
using yellow dots, to the right. You will also note that the
perceived colors of the dots, when compared with the same
color dot beside it, seems to be darker or lighter and sometime
will even take on some of the color next to it.
I'd be interested in your thoughts and observations as always?
