This is by far the best studio lighting tutorial I’ve seen. I’ve been a plein air painter for 20 years but have been trying to work in a studio for the past year. The lighting is absolutely maddening. This video should really help me get things set up completely. The only thing not really covered was how to avoid glare, which is a huge problem I am having.

Where did you purchase the gray card?

They’re adorable! 🥰

Great tips!

A full breadown and visual explanation. Thank you, I appreciate you😊❤

What is the lumen for your light bulbs? On most product page they only listed the lumen, no lux. So I wouldn't know before I purchased it. I also tried to look for bulbs with 6500K because I want to match my monitor temperature, but all of those bulbs only came with CRI 80. The CRI 95 bulbs are all between 2700K to 5000K.

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😊 you say painting is flat when taken outside ,,, but painting s are hung inside often in rooms with low light ,,, so dose this not mean painting should should be done in light that is similar?? Lower levels of light ?? How many homes have daylight light in them ?😊

I also had the experience of having the chickadee fly to my hand for food, it was amazing. I’m looking forward in building a birdhouse & feeding them in my backyard. Thank you for your video, great help.👍

Good thorough information is timeless. Thank you!

Thank you for this wonderful video. I was looking at the bulbs I can’t find 60 W is 135 W OK with the same brand

Thank you very much for these amazing video!

How do you set up a lighting system if you paint at an easel, 0ne window E and one W......I prefer to pull the shades and use lamps.. how should I set up the lamps.

Thank you so much.Awesome video

Really appreciate the comprehensive approach while keeping the set up simple! Thanks so much for taking time to make a great instructional video!

What is the make and model of your light meter? I would like to buy one but can’t find much info about using those for art.

Thank you for the tips. I paint from a dark room and am looking at better lighting options.

Thank you. Very useful.

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FWTW - watts and light levels are virtually unrelated. Lux is the measure of light intensity, as you correctly point out. Watts, are energy, and are only distantly related to light intensity. My kiln, 11,000 watts, is not an effective light source in my garage at night. With the lights off, it does glow, but it would be difficult to read by... Unfortunately, over the last 150 years, we've been told that the wattage of a lightbulb was equivalent to its brightness. Really, people should be looking at lux or lumens. Great video otherwise, my partner will love the soon to be re-lit studio space I'm going to make for her.

Great work. Does anyone know how to make crackle gesso with rabbit skin glue? I’ve been told corn starch is added to whiting. Does anyone know how it’s dove properly with animal glue gesso? Many thanks. Vince from London.

This video is great, thank you for all the info and the technical explanations!

Thank you so much. ❤

Dear Derek, thank you very much for this great, informative and practical video. You said the light should be 1500 - 2000 lux. I can not see "lux" on bulb information instead lumen information is given. Does 1500 -2000 lux countable as almost equal to 1500-2000 lumen for a very small space? I have a very small studio and it is almost impossible to work with natural day light. And these details are very important for me. Thank you again

Thank you for this amazing video!! Extremely useful information and the outtakes made me laugh, too! 😊

Incredible ❣️

Excellent help!!! Thank you so much.

Great information, thank you!

Excellantro! Thanks kind sir. 🪄💛✨💨

Thank you. I really learned something new. I feel like I have a better understanding of creating brighter effects

Even the grackles at the Walmart parking lot will come to your hand (with food) if you're patient.

Oh God I laughed so hard watching your out-takes at the end buddy - right there with you! Been doing this for over 15 years and it's still the hardest thing sometimes to get a single sentence right. Thanks for putting those in - priceless! (Also, great info. Nice job.)

Can anyone recommend where I can buy 5000k CRI 90+ light bulbs? Any specific brand name? I have been searching online and I see they are sold on Amazon but I am confused as I have never heard of the brand names before. Many thanks x

I use this same technique to feed the squirrels in my backyard. Although it took me months to have a select few that will regularly come and take a nut from my hand. I have a female with one arm missing, probably from a predator attack, who will take from my hand and stay at my feet to eat. We call her mama. Also as mentioned in the video, do not over feed wild animals as it will interfere with their natural foraging instincts. ❤🐿

Is it just me, or is there no audio on some segments?

Derek are your windows NORTH or ?

I thought you were not suppose to feed would birds. Disease and they will still getting from nature?

I like to put unshelled peanuts in there and watch them decide which to take. It's comical. They will pickup a seed, look around, pickup a peanut and go back and forth trying to decide for a few seconds before taking off with the peanut most of the time

I must say you that are the most pratical explanation about illumination on the work surface. Thanks a lot.

I heard that the masonite might have oils in it that might come through down the road. Not sure if the gesso would stop it.Have you heard this?

Thank you for this information which was just so helpful! I also really enjoyed the outtakes, I'm dying of laughter over here!

Do you have a video of the first part of this painting before the final details and “pinging”? It is so gorgeous I would love to know how you achieved the perfect colouration and movement.

That’s absolutely gorgeous! Thank you for sharing your techniques and journey through this beautiful little painting!!

Thanks man I needed this

Amazing! I have one question, though, why would you suggest doing airbrush over final details instead of initially blending/painting yellow into those spots?

I downloaded a fee app called LUX on my cell phone that measures lux. Sadly I only have 550 lux in my painting space now so I am happy to learn what you are teaching in this video!

There is one chickadee near me and I gained it's Tristan under 10 minutes I just kept feeding it that's it

One thing I have heard mentioned is that art gallery lighting is usually quite warm (around 2500-3000), is this true?

Thank you so much for this video, very helpful. Where can I buy a card from like the one you used for the grey chart? I looked up on internet but couldn’t see one.