Light with painting

[megroot]

Hello Guys,

With talking this weekend about the lightning when you painting a have the following questions.
In addition to an earlier threat (cannont find him) i paint since one year under two blue light bulbs off 100 W.

This is my question.

- Is this wrong, somebody said it is to much. One light of 60 W is enough.
- Is this the good light, another person said that a white lightbulb is good enough.
- The best to paint is luminated light (but it is so expensive).

So who has the good answer.

Marc

 

[Bluesking]

My view is you can't get enough light - a 100w daylight bulb is preferred choice but I try to time most of my painting so I can also utilise good old DAYLIGHT.
I think a 60w bulb is a bit marginal for my eyesight

 

[Guy]

Over the years I have found that a 60watt blue light on the right of me and a 75watt light on the left does just the trick. Too much light floods the figure sometimes causing one to miss the small areas that need deep shading. Alot depends on the room you are working in and how much natural light you have comming in.

 

[Jim Patrick]

Marc, I use 75w GE "Reveal" light bulbs. It's just GE's brand name for Truelight bulbs. They are a slight blue-ish color which, when turned on represent what true light actually looks like. I have 4 on my paint bench (but rarely use more than 3, most of the time, I use 2) which, when all 4 are on, REALLY puts a lot of light on my desk! Sometimes, too much. If you can't find GE, look for some brand that has a blue-ish tint to the bulb.

Jim Patrick

 

[quang]

Hello Marc,

Here's from the archive vault

http://www.planetfigure.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=551

http://www.planetfigure.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=2226

http://www.planetfigure.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=5881

HTH
Q.

 

[RobH]

Aculite.......low wattage, low heat polarised light. Very nice. no complaints. But expensive.

I used to used 20W Daylight flouro bulbs (the ecological style) in normal Ikea type lamps - again no heat compared to 75W daylight bulbs and a cooler light than the blue coated bulbs - the blue bulbs are just tungsten bulbs coated with a blue filter and some of the orange tungsten spectrum still leaks through.

I now use them for photography - any of the guys who went to Aldershot can verify the lack of heat from them

 

[megroot]

Thanks Guys,

I read all the opinions and i'm not on the dark side. Maybe for looking at the area's for shadow and highlighting i must put out one bulb.
Thank you all.

Marc

 

[Glen]

Like Jim, I use a pair of 75W Reveal bulbs. Mine are in swing arm lamps mounted on the desk sides. I can swing them up and away or down close depending on how much light I need. And, as I get older, that seems to be more and more lately...

Cheers,

Glen

 

[Simon]

Im using one 75 W daylight(blue) bulb on lamp with arm, and that's enough for me

 

[PJ Deluhery]

Marc,

I think lighting, like many other things we talk about here, is an indivdual choice. I'd say experiment with some of the ideas presented here and find your own mix. What really matters is what works for you and maximizes your ability to paint.

 

[kenb]

hi guys

I ve experimented with a number of dif light sources
and settle on two 60 w daylight bulbs set left and right

btw do you guys check the figure in normal daylight I find that I have to continue
refining the work until it can be viewed in any light
once I finish a paint job its taken outside for a final eyeball the figure in daylight
often looks crap whearas under a lamp it looks fine Ive even taken the figure outside to finish.

cheers ken

 

[Mortarion]

I personally use two flexible lamps, one left and one right with the new energy saving bulbs defined as Daylight. Why the new energy saving bulb? Because they do not produce as much heat therefore you are not sweating at your table!