I have often heard the rule that if you have warm light you have cool shadows, and if you have cool light you have warm shadows. But is this thr truth or a myth? For more details please visit my website www.lightingmentor.com
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@KapookLynn2 ай бұрын
The ‘there is no color in the shadow but the secondary light‘ things really enlightens me
@bruce-le-smith2 ай бұрын
Do not try and bend the spoon; that's impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth… there is no spoon. Then you'll see that it is not the spoon that bends; it is only yourself
@FaerieEnderHare2 ай бұрын
unintentional pun moment?
@RM_VFX2 ай бұрын
This also answers the question "what color is chrome?" The answer is, "whatever it's reflecting."
@Misterdrew_Ай бұрын
Yeah same here, a whole new world opened up 😊
@Maddibitts2 ай бұрын
This video blew my mind, I feel like I suddenly understand what I'm painting rather than just trusting a process
@Foervraengd2 ай бұрын
1:28 this whole segment helps more than all of the boring spheres we usually use as shadow reference
@ScottHebertArt2 ай бұрын
dang. The blue sky being secondary light source blew my mind a little bit. This was filmed really well and it greatly aided in my understanding of what you were talking about. Having you on screen as the presenter while the lights changed color and you changed environment was a really good choice even though it probably took forever to film. thanks for going the extra mile it really helps.
@carnigoth2 ай бұрын
Perfect explanation. I was always fascinated by sky blue shadows in the snow
@David2222Ай бұрын
Yellow sunlight
@bsmarques2 ай бұрын
How can a short video be so full of information and lessons? Blew my mind, many times, thank you
@ranasi12102 ай бұрын
I spent 5 ears of my life in an art school, but none of classes there were nearly as interesting as yours! Thank you so much! I hope we get to see more of your color theory/painting/etc videos🥺
@MM-qm9ld2 ай бұрын
You spent 5 years at an art school? Ouch.
@Goodhello369Ай бұрын
Cost an arm, a leg and 5 ears 👂 😂 😅
@bruce-le-smith2 ай бұрын
an interior designer told me something similar once. she said that the same paint or finish would look different in a room with light coming from different cardinal directions and depending on what objects were outside the window. a big tree or a lawn would cast in a lot of green colour, and that might look cooler in a room with north facing windows during the day versus in a room with west facing windows in the evening, and then adding in multiple windows or doorways, etc. great video thanks!
@catastropheoverclock2 ай бұрын
I had a teacher ask if the warm light makes the shadows cool then what would cool light do to shadows, I said make them warm, and the teacher laughed and said no they become even more cool. This sounded wrong but I was just a student. Years later I asked a better art teacher if they were right and he thought for a moment and said, "their answer doesn't make sense, if something is cooler than cool then than means your cool was really a warm; warmness and coolness are relative in relation to each other, your warmest color is your warm and your coolest are your cool" and I was like damn I wish you were in my class years ago
@citadelofwinds15642 ай бұрын
This has been extremely helpful. All too often I have come across dogmatic statements from artists and art teachers, and it's turned out that their claims apply only in some situations. But because those claims are expressed as rules, all too often people end up painting what they are TOLD is there, rather than what they OBSERVE to be there. This video has certainly taught me to look at both the shadow side of faces and to consider what kind of light is creating the colour seen on the face - the colour temperature of the light source, the direction of light, bounced light, etc. Thank you for the thorough explanation of colours in shadows.
@darrylnelson2952Ай бұрын
Very helpful, I like the evidence presented to help see the reality. One other thing I noticed that has a big impact on the "shadow" colour, is the colour of the object itself. For instance, a reddish coloured cliff will of course look red on the sunny areas, but there will also be red in the shadow areas, although it may be a bit bluer red or perhaps warmer depending on the reflected light.
@canoners2 ай бұрын
Great to see you you post this! I used to find it weird that people always refer to the artistic choice of warm light and cool shadow as some kind of rule, even though, as you mentioned in this video, that the coolness usually comes from the sky. Throughout my career, I realize that art directors use it less as a rule, but more to increase the appeal of an image, because color contrast usually makes an image more pleasing to the eye.
@reallydarren2 ай бұрын
Jeremy, taking it outside is just another level! I've learned so much, having these real life examples makes things in my brain click. Thank you for doing all of that!!
@user-kt5cp7lv5e2 ай бұрын
Thank you, I learned a lot. I never had a problem with light, I just drew what I saw. When I was in school (1970's) we didn't talk about temperature. One day the instructor told me about reflected light. Never had a problem with it after that. Your doing the same as he did, strait out not hiding behind catch words. I like that, no mysteries just what is.
@greboge2 ай бұрын
This kind of content being available for free is just amazing! You are a amazing teacher, Jeremy! Its insane how a good explanation can change the way wee see the world!
@nicolas896752 ай бұрын
1:26 that is such a good transition
@christianmcnally4323Ай бұрын
I read this comment before hand and still wasn't ready. I was LITERALLY startled
@SSS7652 ай бұрын
Thank you for addressing and explaining this so thoroughly. I have had this conversation/argument for years, how the rule of thumb ‘warm light equals cool shadows’ is simply not true. This video is SAVED for future reference. 👍🏻😎
@JaneXemylixa2 ай бұрын
I always love ultramarine-blue shadows in the snow in winter. Especially next to the orange of a sunset. No illusions about where the color of the shadows comes from on such days
@T.Florenz2 ай бұрын
As an artist, I only use "warm light; cool shadows" as a shorthand for color relativity and a beginning point for teaching color and light theory. Learning more about how color IS light, and the scientific ways that light changes as it interacts with objects and environments (like the reddish edge that appears right before the terminator angle, called "Diffraction") helps to introduce more complexity and understanding. Love your breakdown of the subject!
@JuanManuelTastzian2 ай бұрын
Hi Jeremy, I wanted to take a minute to thank you for sharing this. This "myth" of "warm light/cool shadows" and vice versa is something very widespread, and "most of the time" true and "mind blowing", when examples are on a wide open area. What people don't know is that the reason for that being true in such examples, is the direct light of the sun and the reflected light of the sky, as you explain here in a perfectly clear way. Once again, thank you very much for clarifying this!
@vin42162 ай бұрын
It's amazing when Jeremy turns on the secondary light source, the area where the warm and cool light meets, becomes purple-ish in color.
@johncollado11512 ай бұрын
Color concept has been the bane of existence for me. Your channel has helped extremely in trying to understand that complexity. Thank you for all you do to help.
@geoffmoug98812 ай бұрын
Tremendous job of explaining light and bounce light in the shadows. Thankyou. Your videos are very helpful.
@lucytowbin4713Ай бұрын
Sooooo helpful! I have a Studio art degree since 1974 and nobody ever explained shadows to me like this!
@ChillinDylanX2 ай бұрын
Love your channel learning so much! Thank you! 🙏🏻
@user-tt3qv4uq4rАй бұрын
please never stop spreading your knowledge. an amazing teacher.
@ivangraypiece2 ай бұрын
your teaching is so good and well done! thank you so much for making this a public video for all people around the globe! :)
@abbyjentson25632 ай бұрын
Thank you for what you do. You’re really helping me be more intentional with my color and lighting choices!
@MrS6902 ай бұрын
Great video as always. Learning 3D Rendering/Lighting taught me a ton regarding light and shadows for painting.
@hichamville2 ай бұрын
I did the opposite.. I learned a lot about colors .. light n shadow from painting to improve my 3D renderings 😊
@smurfette_blues79222 ай бұрын
Another genuinely insightful and helpful lesson! Thank you!!!
@SavMortem2 ай бұрын
You are always such a good teacher. You break down complex subjects so well in a way that they make sense. Thank you!!!
@irismuddyheheАй бұрын
the moment around 1:28 where you step forward and how it lined up roughly with the end of the previous segment in the most awesome way, that was magic, movie magic!
@av3ngers17Ай бұрын
what a gorgeous and so well made video. I'm in awe. Thank you so much for spreading your invaluable knowledge!
@BrandiWineRn2 ай бұрын
Best description and examples that support what u are saying! Thank you bc I have looked for these answers and was tired of all these supposed rules which I found to be wrong but I am very new to art . Thank you
@dorigusu2577Ай бұрын
you are a godsend sir. I've gone through so many diff tutorials and courses, but your one video helped clear up so much about "shadow" color and temperature in general!!
@MarcoGuadalupi2 ай бұрын
This is a very precious, enlightening video. Thanks so much!
@missyg_2 ай бұрын
Thanks!!! You are very good at explaining things, and transform complicated stuff into easy to understand.
@syaning_2 ай бұрын
Thank you for this well produced video Mentor Jeremy! You always deliver amazing content that blows my mind every time. You make color theory such a fun and not so overwhelming topic for us.
@trigestigro47072 ай бұрын
I love your channel, I love lighting and I learn so much from your videos. Great work!
@jozseflaszlo74452 ай бұрын
I'm so glad to be alive to see this video! Thank you for making it, brilliant and very helpful!
@zlobna_bulka2 ай бұрын
Love it! Very simple practical explanation. Thank you!❤
@numinoos2 ай бұрын
Excellent tutorial. As a nature and wildlife photographer, I often wrestle with adjusting White Balance when capturing images of birds and monkeys in dense Forrest cover because of this bounce light and subsurface scattering. Thank you.
@banshee18322 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for your wisdom. Your videos about color are very helpful!
@changemymind062 ай бұрын
This is the best video on lighting I've found and sadly you're only the 2nd artist I've seen on YT who properly explains this. Your real life examples were extremely helpful! It was cool to see how much the light bounced from your hand when it was by your face (when you had the warm & blue light) and you immediately see a patch of warm light in the blue. Thank you for making such a great video with such wonderful examples!
@jeirawatАй бұрын
Thank you for your knowledge. You encouraged many people and enlightened new way of learning process every time. I hope every of your videos are hit more than million views. Please keep going and stay healthy, stay hydrated, our mentor!
@stephaniechafe6942 ай бұрын
Really awesome to see so many practical examples in nature, I still got so much to learn. Such a helpful demonstration!
@setapartartistАй бұрын
Absolutely amazing teaching. This finally made it click. Thank you soooooo much!
@lauriehellewell4539Ай бұрын
Incredibly helpful. Thank you so much!
@laurenmorgan-outhisack63412 ай бұрын
I always learn so much from your videos. You are a great teacher
@Grondhammar2 ай бұрын
Great content, very well presented. The excellent demos also helped me realise that secondary lighting is critical to the mood of a piece.
@DanielCote-ke6sg2 ай бұрын
Jeremy, these observations are so accurate and inspiring, I learned a lot, and you are a great teacher, thank you. I will watch all your other videos for sure.
@YassineCherifiАй бұрын
you always say things that really change our view entirely I never thought of it that way till now, thank you so much Jeremy 🙏❤
@elianabastidas36342 ай бұрын
Love your video! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.
@Kozakology2 ай бұрын
Awesome explanation! Very nicely illustrated with your lighting set up. Thanks -
@Bubleone12 ай бұрын
It's so very kind of you to share your knowledge on this subject! I truly appreciate it very much! Thank you!!! Greetings from someone who always wants to learn🔦..... (I'm from The Netherlands) 🎨
@stellawolfstudio27 күн бұрын
What a wonderful video, thank you so much! Incredibly helpful, thoughtful, informative. Especially benefitted from your visual examples of bounced, diffuse, etc. light sources.
@kindbutangry2 ай бұрын
i love you so much. i love how passionate you are when explaining this stuff. ❣
@hunteriadkins2 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for these videos, they're extremely insightful.
@alxdeu2008Ай бұрын
I am just lucky to have run into your channel. You are one of the few best ones who enlighten me in light subject. And I highly appreciate your giving back what you have learned in those so many years of experience in the field , back into those who need your experience and valuable information into the world , I just simply say " Thank You ",, You touch onto lives somewhere on this earth planet,
@slamotte2 ай бұрын
what an amazing demonstration! light is such a wonderful subject to study
@sabd06292 ай бұрын
Amazing video! We thanks you for sharing your knowledge with us🙏🏼
@Pasunreve212Ай бұрын
Oh gosh this is the BEST color-lighting theory explanation video I’d ever seen!!! Thanks so much for the video!!❤
@davidjonnelson43422 ай бұрын
This was helpful! Really useful information
@felix_xb2 ай бұрын
Fantastic presentation aids in the video, really drove the point home so easily.
@manscarlsson8717Ай бұрын
Very useful, thank you for posting, Jeremy. You explain very well and thus is a very practical video for artists.
@joespadaford87362 ай бұрын
You do such a great job Jeremy. Enjoyed you for years. Thank you
@TheADHDM2 ай бұрын
This is the channel I've been looking for. Thank you.
@mmillerism2 ай бұрын
thank you for making these videos its so helpfull having practical examples like this
@Kanfir2 ай бұрын
Thank you very much! You've done a great research and presentation! Greate job!
@gmdressagetraining9642Ай бұрын
Fantastic explanation! Thank you so much for all that you do!
@photonsonpixels2 ай бұрын
Great tutorial Jeremy. Thank you.
@80_cake2 ай бұрын
I LOVE ur channel. My art has improved exponentially. TY! ❤
@InkyIsScared2 ай бұрын
Loved the demonstration. Was fun to watch you point at your face and have your hand reflect light back onto the shadow side of your face! Even before you brought in the reflectors.
@JasonKey3D2 ай бұрын
excellent demonstrations, great stuff Jeremy 👏
@hiddenwings91Ай бұрын
This video is a pure miracle. Thank you so much!
@schhhart27582 ай бұрын
Absolutely brilliantly done! Thank you🙏🏽❤️ Really clear, accurate information that just brought so much to my understanding. Really appreciate your approaches. Keep up the great work, brother✊🏽💥🎉
@IraKane2 ай бұрын
One of the best explanations i've seen ever about this subject matter. Really enlightening😁
@tessellatiaartilery81972 ай бұрын
This was fascinating. And the explanation of real examples was highly instructive. Thank you very much for this excellent tutorial.
@myshrinkingviolet222 күн бұрын
The very thing I've been saying for YEEAAARRRS!!! Oh my gosh, someone else finally says it!! I've been saying shadow "color" is really just ambient lighting, aka anything that is bouncing or scattering light so that it may reach the darker areas. I have thought about doing a deep dive video on it for YEARS, now! If I ever do, I definitely want to guide folks to this video. Your demonstrations and explanations are immaculate!
@joelweyhe68012 ай бұрын
Excellent, live-example way to demonstrate the concept!
@remidiy_2 ай бұрын
I genuinely love how you explain things, there's a reason I always refer people here lol
@bobonglerАй бұрын
Thank you so much for your efforts in making and sharing this. Your profundity on the subject shines through your words (pun intended).
@LindaMalmstadtАй бұрын
Thank you! This was so educational
@clarai.i.40872 ай бұрын
Very didactic and easy to understand! Thank you very much!
@SwenRBАй бұрын
This is very clear, thank you!
@sansoseaАй бұрын
Thanks for your commitment in this video and for this very useful informations 😊🙏🏻 really great work
@charliehomenaje85132 ай бұрын
So much wisdom...I still remember your dvd's glad to have you around sr ❤❤❤
@MsAuriauri2 ай бұрын
awesome, thanks for taking us on a little lighting adventure in the forrest!
@gillbaker13102 ай бұрын
Thanks Jeremy ☺️ so helpful! No one else has explained this as well as you do..!
@iblobliboo85012 ай бұрын
Thanks you so much for making this excellent video! It's really enlightening!
@karim-uf7dg2 ай бұрын
Such a Perfect explanation thank you!!
@TheChameleon20082 ай бұрын
Great video and packed with useful information!!!
@jessierasche97028 күн бұрын
Fabulous explanation, thank you!
@nicole65322 ай бұрын
This video is brilliant oh my god, I really appreciate the way you demonstrate the things you talk about
@supermarionini2 ай бұрын
Incredibly helpful video. Thank you for sharing the knowledge
@dogbark2 ай бұрын
jeremy I've learned so much from you, you are the best art teacher!!
@Nuriyoxuku19 күн бұрын
Thanks once again for this informative knowledge I'll never forget this and I'm glad I've been corrected because I was also told by many other artist that warm light = cool shadows.
@lukmigindnuforhelvedАй бұрын
Another great video. I think it is also worth mentioning that artists can exaggerate eg the temperature of the shadows in order to make the light more intense.
@markdinsdale48692 ай бұрын
More knowledge in this video then i ever got in 3 years of art college. Hope this video blows uo your channel
@davidlouk84092 ай бұрын
Fantastic explanation. Love the shadows are black until a light source effects those shadows introducing color. Great video.