Video: Environment & Lighting for Painting

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The kind of environment you're going to want is going to be a space you can kind of move around in. Learn about supplies for painting from a professional artist in this free video.

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So the kind of environment you're going to want to be working in, the environment actually makes a really big difference. The kind of environment you're going to want is going to be a space you can kind of move around in. You're going to want to have some natural lighting if at all possible. It's really nice. It makes a big difference and leaves less strain on your eyes. So try and like maybe work somewhere where there's a window around. You're also going to be wanting good lighting. If it's not natural, get like lamps. If you can have light that's going to be shining down on the surface area of where you're working, it's going to be really good and it's going to be good for your eyes, eventually. Also, you want to make sure that your space is kind of big enough so you can get up and walk and look back and your painting, cause that's really important to be able to move around, walk around a little bit. So really not that many things that you're going to need in your space that's going to, you know, you just want to have good lighting. Some sort of window, natural light if it's possible. Also, if you're using anything that's like kind of oils, anything like that, hazardous, you want to have a window or ventilation. It's very important to have ventilation. Acrylics, it's not so important, but most other paints, it would be important to have ventilation.

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Environment & Lighting for Painting

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