living room wall murals

ian loveall: hi. i'm ian loveall with expertvillage. we're talking about mural painting today; light and shadow. light and shadoware the keys to realistic painting. if you look at this example here, we've got a lotof cast shadow going on. normally, mural painters will sort of shy away from cast shadow becauseit's dark and we usually want to avoid dark in a painting on a wall because it closesin the space. i'm telling you, do not be afraid of shadows. this is what's going to make yourpainting pop. so, for example, we have a lot of cast shadows here. we have a shadow beingcast from the bouquet, the urn, we have a cast shadow here from the dove, and a lotof shadow going on under the architectural work here. our light source is that windowover there, and so as the light comes streaming

in, it's going to be blocked by any objectin its path. for example, this border here is going to block the light and the wall directlybehind is not going to receive any light, creating a cast shadow. again, down here alongthe bottom edge, cast shadow. even the vines that are growing up along the wall will createcast shadows against the wall where the vine is blocking the light, falling on the wallsurface.