Workbench lighting

[doedskvad]

What kind of lights do you guys use? Regular fluorescents? Special full-spectrum bulbs? Or just regular old desk lamps?

I've always just used whatever desk lamp I had lying around, usually yellowish halogen lamps, but I'm setting up my new workbench, so want to do it right this time. I've looked into all sorts of fancy lights and I feel like a regular desk lamp with a light temperature somewhere around 5000 to 5500K should do the trick.

What do you guys think?

 

[pgarri27]

regular old desk lamps.

 

[Mike S.]

I use a combination of conventional desk type lamps, and strip florescent types.

 

[Tubby-Nuts2]

doedskvad,..

Put in a search for such matters! ..As this aspect has been covered many times in the past! all should help.

Regards,

Mark

 

[theBaron]

regular old desk lamps.

Yeah, I do, too. I use 60w incandescents in each--a single ceiling fixture centered over the bench, and two architect's lamps or whatever they're called, one from the left and one from the right side. I have holes drilled in the frame of my bench to accept the pins at the base of those lamps so I can move them around the perimeter, as well as extend them.

I use the soft white type of lamps.

Prost!
Brad

 

[Range Rat]

A desk lamp with a daylight bulb which I've had for years.

 

[megroot]

I use two of these with the in each a daylight bulb savinglight.


Marc

 

[colonnello kurz]

I have a Mix ,1 Tube,1 LED white on the ceiling ,and on the bench 1 Magnifyng lamp with a round tube of 5000k and a Desk lamp whit a bulb like Megrot post above,Daylight 5000k....i prefere Cold ligths then warm for that problem of yellowish color

 

[Alex]

I have just completed the renovation of my studio and lighting was a huge part of it
After looking at everything there is, I have decided on 6 ceiling flurorescent light fixtures (2 T8 each) with 4 on right now and 2 off
The bulbs are made by Philips in Holland and cost 15$ each but are 5000K and have a CRI of 98 so the color rendition is perfect. You will not find these bulbs in box stores but will have to get them at electric supply stores.
The color rendition is so perfect that when I look at the same figure under this lighting or outside, it's the same ! I always paint at night by the way.

cheers
alex

 

[pgarri27]

BTW, an old Grand Master once told me to paint by the same type of light as the figures will be displayed under at a show.

 

[theBaron]

I use two of these with the in each a daylight bulb savinglight.
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Marc

Yep, that's the basic design of the architect's lamps I have. The bases were of plastic and they wore and cracked. That's what made me come up with a solution of drilling holes in the frame of my bench, to receive the pins at the bottom of the scissors frame of the lamp.

Prost!
Brad

 

[mark126804]

I use two desk lamps with the Phillips (daylight), i think they are 3500 illumines.

Mark

 

[Rompy]

i use something similar to this.

 

[Gary D]

I use an OTT lite. These are designed to show true light. The entire fixture can be expensive, but you can buy bulbs separately and install them into a regular light fixture. Michael's sells the light fixtures themselves with lights, but here in Canada you can buy the bulbs seperately for about $10. Well worth it IMHO.

http://www.ott-lite.com/t-why-ottlite.aspx

Gary

 

[DEL]

Richard. My Aculite fell apart recently and I decided to look for a new and ideally cheaper solution.​

Picked up 2 of these from my local IKEA store in Glasgow for £8 each, I suppose they would be about 12 euro in Germany.​

TERTIAL​

Work lamp, silver color​

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Being right handed I use a daylight bulb in the lamp to the left of my painting area and an ordinary bulb in the right lamp (2 daylight bulbs are just too bright for m).​

The large reflectors give a good spread of light with it blending where it lights the figure.​

Cheers​

Derek​

 

[Joe Osborne]

Much like GaryD I use two Ott lites. Although expensive, cleanest light you can have. I've had these lites for over seven years, and I just replaced one bulb as it was getting a bit dim. Good stuff.

 

[Jaybo]

Daylight bulbs (2) in an overhead setup over my desk and an OTT Lite. I think that Shep Paine got me on this years ago.

 

[captnenglish]

Two gooseneck desk lamps with daylight bulbs

 

[kagemusha]

Don't know if you saw this.......

http://www.planetfigure.com/threads/work-lamps.69265/