tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22266501.post6365864973840939396..comments2023-12-02T03:36:14.917-05:00Comments on Tracy Helgeson Art: Studio LightsTracy Helgesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07510044613771862211noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22266501.post-24919732365187467642008-07-09T15:03:00.000-04:002008-07-09T15:03:00.000-04:00What? Did someone mention layer cake with fudge ic...What? Did someone mention layer cake with fudge icing? Mmmmm...<BR/><BR/>Thanks Jana, I am glad my words can convey so much, I have been used to the art doing it and so maybe I am not a one trick pony after all:)Tracy Helgesonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07510044613771862211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22266501.post-51731084907926604142008-07-09T01:09:00.000-04:002008-07-09T01:09:00.000-04:00Your posts are so rich in content -- if they were ...Your posts are so rich in content -- if they were dessert they'd be that kind of dense chocolate layer cake with fudge icing that is served in the best restaurants! Thanks for all the info about color. I love seeing studio pics and those links reminded me that I need to take some photos of recent updates to my studio.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22266501.post-51381042872857418382008-07-08T20:09:00.000-04:002008-07-08T20:09:00.000-04:00Thanks Nina, yeah, I hope they get the color in th...Thanks Nina, yeah, I hope they get the color in the lights worked out. I get depressed thinking about a world of fluorescent lighting, ugh.<BR/><BR/>Chris, funny story about your friends house hunting. I decided against putting in skylights in the attic mostly because I didn't want the directional light they would create. Well that and the price of putting them in:)<BR/><BR/>Thanks m, Well it's working so far. I am still bummed about not being able to find a stronger halogen light anymore though.<BR/><BR/>Casey, Oh a Dazor lamp, I am jealous. I would love to have one but I have splurged enough this year. Maybe next year:)<BR/><BR/>Gary, so glad to know it's not just me not liking those bulbs:)Tracy Helgesonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07510044613771862211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22266501.post-79580586631874236342008-07-07T08:27:00.000-04:002008-07-07T08:27:00.000-04:00I know, I did the same with some of my studio bulb...I know, I did the same with some of my studio bulbs: switched them to energy efficient, then back to old fashioned!gary rithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18228113061045717115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22266501.post-78918980053429102382008-07-06T12:33:00.000-04:002008-07-06T12:33:00.000-04:00It took me forever to find out that a mix of warm ...It took me forever to find out that a mix of warm and cool lights, such as you have, is the key. That's how i do my track.<BR/><BR/>My Dazor lamp is the the business. Lasts forever and stays where you put it.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for illuminating your space (har har!) - your results are awesome!Casey Klahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22266501.post-60289500249386405672008-07-04T11:33:00.000-04:002008-07-04T11:33:00.000-04:00Really love your studio set up. I too have lighti...Really love your studio set up. I too have lighting issues.m collierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14341381863113587750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22266501.post-38315528225826320472008-07-03T10:18:00.000-04:002008-07-03T10:18:00.000-04:00I never really understood about the famed north li...I never really understood about the famed north light until recently. I've always painted under artificial light -- first down in my basement when I was living with my parents, then in various temporary set-ups, and now in a corner of my bedroom. I've got two rows of track lighting. One track someone gave to me years and years ago and I carted it from place to place, never using it but always thinking it'd come in handy one day. It finally did. The second one I found in a box at a <A HREF="http://www.flatrockbrook.org/" REL="nofollow">local eco-park</A> with a "take me please" label. I've filled them with 100- and 150-watt-equivalent compact fluorescents, which I actually like. They're bright and I find them closer to white light than any incandescent. They need a little bit of time to warm up, though. Not all brands do, but I still have some of the bad kind.<BR/><BR/>I've been drawing with <A HREF="http://drawingsfromlife.com/" REL="nofollow">Dorian Vallejo</A> in his home studio and there's where I learned about north light. Liana, his wife, also an artist, tells me that when they went home buying they took a compass with them and actually checked the northern exposure of every house they looked at. The real estate agent thought they were crazy. They had a studio built in the attic of the house they finally bought and Dorian actually set up a model to see how the sun moved so the architect could design the studio properly.<BR/><BR/>The result is a room that gets surprisingly even light all day. I didn't notice it for months, but one day I realized that, no matter what time of day it is, sunlight never enters directly through the floor-to-ceiling studio windows. It's pretty amazing.<BR/><BR/>The drawback for figure drawing, though, is there are never any really dramatic shadows to work with. Dorian likes that, but I kind of wish we had something a little more exciting now and then. Last time I was there we tried to get some stark shadows going by closing the studio blinds and using some overhead lights but we weren't all that successful.Chris Rywalthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15766746064219235983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22266501.post-35023972445383260352008-07-03T02:43:00.000-04:002008-07-03T02:43:00.000-04:00I love the set-up and I too hate the quality of th...I love the set-up and I too hate the quality of the florescent energy savers...but you can or might consider the more expensive warm light<BR/>energy savers, (a tiny bit yellow granted)....but I get it, I HATE<BR/>that weird looking light. Keep with your wacky set up...proof in the pudding, eh? Great job in getting that wonderful studio space up and running. Oh, and those delphiniums are amazing. :-) Ninan warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05077604126259752152noreply@blogger.com