ANNOUNCEMENT:

Since the time we began holding workshops, I've been focusing on single composing concepts each month.  This month's theme is knowing about the light source.  Our March workshop is "Conveying a Direct Light Source".  Our March YouTube chat is "Locating the Light Source". 

•  ALERT - This months' YouTube chat will be on Saturday, March 22 (not Sunday) March 23.  Mark your calendars and watch for your message from our YouTube channel.

•  The March 26 workshop is not quite filled. It's going to be amazing!  Today's post gives you a tiny taste of what it will include.

Did you know that any single image of one color -- a yellow flower, an orange  fruit, a red car--lit by a direct light source can have as many as 12 different colors in it?

It's not just one color in light and another in shadow we see when a red apple is lit by direct light.  Hues mix with the color of the light rays, causing several hues to appear in each area.  Look at this:

A PIECE OF BARK FROM A PINE TREE

Even colors that appear to be gray--walkways, barn roofs, or tree bark--contain color other than gray made with black and white.  Look what I found here:

MULTIPLE POSSIBILITIES

Both of the above examples would show a different set of colors if each was lit by a different light source.  Here is the exact spot on a mountain range in three different conditions of light.  Look at the differences in color of the three isolated segments of the range.

Imagine how this same area of the mountain would appear under a blue light source.  Would you know how to paint that?

Light and Shadow: The one thing that lets our eyes see.
Visual Movement: What our eyes do when images are visible.
Seeing Beyond the Image: The possibilities beyond just describing what our eyes see.
Freeing the Artist Within (Curiosity): Finding our individual interpretation to what our eyes are seeing. 
Composing:  Finding ways to put together all that we discover.
Drawing:  Searching the potential of images.
The Craft:  Continually forging our skills to visually communicate what we continue to discover with our eyes, mind and soul.

And the eighth:

The Art:  The results when all the above are working together.