Value Study
Working with the values for this piece was pretty straighforward, as there’s only one light source. Everything element has a pretty clear separation of foreground, midground, background so it was really about making sure the lighting was effective in creating the focal point. As one can point out, the values actually changed quite drastically from this study in a way that makes more sense to me. Keeping the doorway a beakon of light can be either practical or symbolic, but I knew I wanted backlighting to really get the impression that you are being invited in to view the performance. In the final piece the dancer itsn’t really the brighest part of the painting, however it is still quite obvious that they are the diva and deserve our attention.