Do You Struggle With Painting Shadows?

'Simple Pleasures'                  8x10              pastel          ©Karen Margulis
This will be the March Patreon Painting Giveaway

Shadows were the thing that challenged me the most....right after value!  When I would hear instructors talk about painting shadows I would be overwhelmed. Warm Light = cool shadows ...shadows on flat planes vs slanted....color and value of shadows.......It was too much information and I struggled to get my shadows to look believable.

I have learned some tips that have helped me. I have shared them in the past here on the blog but now I am making the study of light and shadows an in-depth unit on my Patreon Page. Last month we explored light and this month our focus will be on painting natural shadows. I am starting the month off with a video lesson and demo featuring this painting.

Here is the painting  before I fixed the 'bad' shadows. What changes do you think I made?

I hope you will join me over on Patreon if you haven't already! www.patreon.com/karenmargulis  It is a $4 a month subscription.