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Welcome to Direct & Reflected Light, the third class in this three-part series, Understanding Color & Light. This third class covers the concepts and physics of direct and reflected light as they impact illustration and objects you want to capture in your work.
The skills in this class will allow you to render light from your imagination and capture realism. Once you've explored, understood, practiced, and applied these skills, you will have a huge advantage over those who depend exclusively on photo references.
Whether you're looking to expand your existing work in digital illustration, or you've never considered Photoshop for illustration and are just feeling inspired, this series is perfect for taking your work to that next level.
Throughout this three-part series, we'll cover everything you need to know to add value, color, and light to your scenes & cartoon character designs using Photoshop. By the end, you'll feel not only comfortable with Photoshop's techniques and tools, but also excited by their many possibilities. We will start with a simple monochrome scene, using just one simple light source. As we move forward, we'll add different light sources, colors, and materials. Our final scene will include various materials that each reflect light, color & depth differently.
Also see: Understanding Color & Light I: Ambient Light & Understanding Color & Light II: Color
What You'll Learn
In this class, you'll learn how objects and light sources work with direct & relfected light, and learn how to understand the intensity of light source and its effect on color.
If you've ever wanted to learn watercolor, this class is your first step. We dive into the basics like choosing supplies, how to fill up a watercolor palette, and foundational watercolor techniques -- and then we'll put them together for three fun-and-easy projects to test your new skills and lean into the magic of watercolor painting.
Create films that are enthralling to your audience through the power of cinematography!
Join Joe Simon, acclaimed Director of Photography and cinematographer, in this deep-dive class on the fundamentals of what makes a scene evoke emotion in a viewer. Learn essential skills for lighting and framing your subject, the hows and whys of cinematographic principles, and how to apply them to your own projects.
The art of cinematography is integral to every part of the creation of a film, and whether this is your career’s focus or you simply want to understand it better, this class will give you the tools to craft compelling and engrossing emotional narratives in your work.
With Joe’s straightforward, clear teaching style, you’ll learn how and why:
Making paintings with vibrant colors is a goal many painters have, that seems much simpler on the surface - it goes far beyond having high-saturated paint. This class is a continuation of my Vibrant Paintings for Beginners class, we’re leveling up the difficulty for even more vibrant paintings.
