Studio Light Set Up

[@cr0wsnest]

this is exactly what i wanted to know, i've been binging your videos you're always so good at explaining thank you very much!!!!!

[@walcottfineart5088]

I'm so glad you enjoyed it :) Thanks for watching!

[@lunadargent5292]

Thanks Jason I’ll be looking forward to seeing the video on how you did your shadowbox and then maybe you might consider another video to pull it all together and walk us through selecting still life pieces placing them in the box and lighting them 😃

[@walcottfineart5088]

Good idea! Thanks for watching!

[@jeffhreid]

Cool simple economical setup. Thanks Jason. It good to see how a lot can be done in tight quarters without breaking the bank. Necessity is the mother of invention

[@walcottfineart5088]

True! Thanks for watching :)

[@bennygerman6662]

Thank you Jason, you are awesome!

[@walcottfineart5088]

Thanks for watching! :)

[@rustyshackleford3278]

Hi Jason, extremely helpful and informative, thank you! I am looking forward to trying the gel filters as well

[@walcottfineart5088]

Great! I'm glad you enjoyed it :) Thanks for watching!

[@thomasbroderick6388]

So I just finished watching your video on glazing and in the comments section I asked if you had one on lighting your studio. Well ten minutes later after watching Robert Mitchum talk about Marilyn Monroe this popped up. Thanks Jason.

[@walcottfineart5088]

I just responded to your previous comment! Probably while you were typing this one LOL

[@artsietopology]

Very interesting. Thanks for all the information.

[@walcottfineart5088]

Thanks for watching! I'm glad you enjoyed it :)

[@MrY1313]

Thank you very much!

[@hektor6766]

After seeing videos talking about "8000 lumens on your canvas" and lighting up a studio like a monday-night football stadium, I like this economical setup. Can you tell us the wattage and lumens of your bulbs? And do I understand the gel can really make a 2700K ordinary light look like 5500K daylight? (Looking forward to your video for the shadow box.)

[@walcottfineart5088]

Thanks for watching! Yes, believe it or not that gel works pretty well. It really does make it look like daylight (indirect). I don't remember the exact lumens on the bulbs but I think it was around 1800.

[@sofiasideri5810]

Helpful as always! Thank you!

[@walcottfineart5088]

Thanks for watching!

[@debbieventimiglia2216]

Great video! Can you plz tell us what lumens, and type of buld, and how far away it should be? Thankyou

[@walcottfineart5088]

There is no set distance the bulb should be from your work area or set up. What ever works for you and how you paint. For my general lighting, I use the LED bulbs that are about 1600 lumens. the spotlight on my still life is a regular bulb with the north light filter on it. There's a link to get that filter in the description. Thanks for watching! :)

[@gildejesus3714]

You never open this window? Great adjustment of light!

[@walcottfineart5088]

Thanks for watching!

[@johnaitken7430]

This is good. It’s not prescriptive: key is clearly daylight temp bulbs, and avoiding window light.

[@walcottfineart5088]

Yes, avoiding window light helps unless you have a north facing window. Then that would be the ideal light source for your subject. Thanks for watching!

[@shirleecampbell1305]

Do you use ever use cobalt drier in your oil paints to speed up the drying time for varnishing?

[@walcottfineart5088]

I don't add driers to my paint. They can cause problems like yellowing and cracking. Thanks for watching!

[@richardblades6246]

Do you ever paint at nighttime? If so do you use the same set up? I see that there’s still some daylight coming through the window. Here in England we’ve moved into the shorter days season and although I have quality daylight lamp I’m struggling to adjust

[@walcottfineart5088]

Thanks for watching! Yes that large piece of cardboard I have hanging over the window helps regulate the light quite a bit. With my studio lamps the lighting conditions are more or less the same whether it's day or night. That allows me to paint any time of the day. :)

[@richardblades6246]

Walcott Fine Art Thank you Jason

[@chetthomas77]

The key is color temperature, daylight I believe marketed as 500K (kelvin) which are good but I prefer 6500K seems closer to sun color.

[@walcottfineart5088]

@@chetthomas77 Yes, I tried ot make the light in my studio as close to daylight as I could. Thanks for watching!

[@MinaBee007]

Shadow boxes are only for (real life) still life?

[@walcottfineart5088]

Yes, as I don't see how you could use them for anything else. Thanks for watching!

[@amandawilner1486]

What kind of bulb for the still life?

[@walcottfineart5088]

It's just a regular incandescent bulb, 57W I think. It's the filter that makes it have the proper daylight color. Thanks for watching! :)