Light for Visual Artists: Understanding and Using Light in Art & Design

✍ Scribed by Richard Yot

• Publisher: Laurence King Pub
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 177
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This introduction to light for students and visual artists explores the way light can be used to create realistic and fantastical effects in a wide range of media. Divided into three parts, the clearly written text explains: the fundamental properties of natural and artificial light; how to create realistic images by observing people and the environment; the creative use of light in composition and design. Updated with revised photos and artwork, as well as 15 practical exercises and new online video material, this second edition is an indispensable resource for animators, digital illustrators, painters, photographers, and artists working in any medium.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Foreword
Part 1: Lighting Fundamentals
1: Basic Principles
2: Light Direction
3: Natural Light
4: Indoor and Artificial Lighting
5: Shadows
6: How We Perceive Surfaces
7: Diffuse Reflection
8: Specular Reflection
9: Translucency and Transparency
10: Colour
Part 2: People and Environments
11: Light and People
12: Light in the Environment
Part 3: Creative Lighting
13: Composition and Staging
14: Mood and Symbolism
15: Time and Place
Glossary
Index
Picture Credits