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JustinBeckett
January 9th, 2008, 01:24 PM
Hey guys,

I have been using a studio lamp that clamps onto the side of my easil, i bought it in the art store about a year or two ago. It doesn't give off much light or proper light, especially when i am painting a larger format painting on canvas. What would be the best type of studio lights for painting, so colors come out to almost complete accuracy. Meaning, some colors aren't darker or lighter in certain areas because of lack of lighting. I was thinking about something where i have two lights on stands beside my painting on each side, but the question is, what type of bulb and where do i get them? I have no access to northern lighting coming through a window, for the time being i am painting in a room, with only 1 smaller window...so i must rely on good light bulbs.

Thanks,

~JB

Farvus
January 9th, 2008, 01:52 PM
Lol. About 20 minutes ago somebody made a thread with exactly the same question - http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=115490

I was also wondering about this beacasue right now where I live it's getting dark very early. The only info I found is from el coro. He wrote something about it in "life painting thread" in this post - http://conceptart.org/forums/showpost.php?p=185737&postcount=141

JustinBeckett
January 9th, 2008, 03:20 PM
Hehe, nice. Never saw that.

Anyhow, thanks man, i think i will definitely trust Coro's opinion.

JustinBeckett
January 13th, 2008, 03:02 PM
I am off to buy those coro lights right now. Can't wait!